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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 5, 2026Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 6:48 PM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2026, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Rolette County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 6:12 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:08 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:13 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	37 min
Sep 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	31 min
Sep 4, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	55 min
Sep 5, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	34 min
Sep 5, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	57 min
Sep 5, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	29 min
Sep 5, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	23 min
Sep 5, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	36 min
Sep 5, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Renville	38 min
Sep 5, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	30 min
Sep 5, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Sep 5, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	31 min
Sep 5, 4:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Renville	3 hr
Sep 5, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	39 min
Sep 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	28 min
Sep 5, 5:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	22 min
Sep 5, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Sep 5, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	33 min
Sep 5, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	31 min
Sep 5, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	34 min
Sep 5, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	31 min
Sep 5, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	30 min
Sep 5, 8:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau	2 hr
Sep 5, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Sep 5, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	32 min
Sep 5, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	54 min
Sep 5, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	23 min
Sep 5, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	28 min
Sep 5, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	27 min
Sep 5, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	31 min
Sep 5, 11:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau	3 hr
Sep 5, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	47 min
Sep 5, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	51 min
Sep 5, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	20 min
Sep 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, Sioux	45 min
Sep 5, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	18 min
Sep 5, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	37 min
Sep 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	47 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.