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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 5, 2026Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 3:45 PM MDT for Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2026, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2026, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 5, 1:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 1:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 2:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 10:13 AM MDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 10:54 AM MDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:40 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 9:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDivide37 min
Sep 4, 10:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDivide31 min
Sep 4, 10:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide55 min
Sep 4, 11:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide34 min
Sep 4, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke57 min
Sep 5, 12:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke29 min
Sep 5, 12:37 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail23 min
Sep 5, 2:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke36 min
Sep 5, 2:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Renville38 min
Sep 5, 3:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette30 min
Sep 5, 3:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau34 min
Sep 5, 3:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette31 min
Sep 5, 3:44 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurke, Renville3 hr
Sep 5, 3:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville39 min
Sep 5, 4:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette28 min
Sep 5, 4:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville22 min
Sep 5, 5:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau34 min
Sep 5, 5:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette33 min
Sep 5, 6:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau31 min
Sep 5, 7:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette34 min
Sep 5, 7:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau31 min
Sep 5, 7:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette30 min
Sep 5, 7:24 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau2 hr
Sep 5, 7:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau34 min
Sep 5, 7:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce32 min
Sep 5, 8:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette54 min
Sep 5, 8:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette23 min
Sep 5, 9:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette28 min
Sep 5, 9:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau27 min
Sep 5, 9:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau31 min
Sep 5, 10:03 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau3 hr
Sep 5, 10:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau47 min
Sep 5, 10:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau51 min
Sep 5, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux20 min
Sep 5, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Sioux18 min
Sep 5, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons37 min
Sep 5, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette47 min
Sep 5, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette27 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.