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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2026Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2026, 1:23 AM CDT for Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 8, 2026, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2026, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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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 Jun 8, 12:55 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:55 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
230 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

NDZ001>005-009-010-012-013-017>020-022-023-025-031>033-035>037-
040>044-046>048-050-051-055>062-081930-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-
McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-
Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Slope-
Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-
Dickey-Northwest Ward-Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area-
Western McLean-Eastern McLean-Western Morton-Eastern Morton-
Western Sioux-Eastern Sioux-
230 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026 /130 PM MDT Sun Jun 7 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are possible across
western and central North Dakota late this afternoon and this
evening. The main hazards will be 2 inch hail and damaging wind
gusts up to 70 mph. There is a localized threat for peak gusts in
excess of 85 mph across portions of southwest and west central
North Dakota. A tornado or two is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Isolated strong to severe storms are possible Monday night into
early Tuesday. The main hazard is expected to be large hail.

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are possible across
western and central North Dakota again on Tuesday. The main
hazards will be 2 inch hail and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.
A tornado is also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will likely be needed over the next few days.

NH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:14 AM CDT, 9 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
Jun 7, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	58 min
Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	48 min
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Stark	59 min
Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	53 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	65 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	65 min
Jun 7, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	67 min
Jun 7, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	64 min
Jun 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail	58 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Stark	52 min
Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	33 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	56 min
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 1 more	54 min
Jun 7, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark	42 min
Jun 7, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Divide	22 min
Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux	64 min
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	39 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail and 2 more	60 min
Jun 7, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Burke, Renville	27 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	33 min
Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	58 min
Jun 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Ward	47 min
Jun 7, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, McLean, Mercer and 3 more	82 min
Jun 7, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	53 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver and 1 more	43 min
Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	63 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan and 1 more	77 min
Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Sioux	49 min
Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	25 min
Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	57 min
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	42 min
Jun 8, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	43 min
Jun 8, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	35 min
Jun 8, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.