| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Billings, ND; Bottineau, ND; Burke, ND; Divide, ND; Dunn, ND; Golden Valley, ND; McHenry, ND; McKenzie, ND; McLean, ND; Mercer, ND; Mountrail, ND; Oliver, ND; Renville, ND; Stark, ND; Ward, ND; Williams, ND |
| Effective | 7/5/2026, 3:30:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/5/2026, 11:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 5 at 3:30PM CDT until July 5 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
BOTTINEAU MCHENRY RENVILLE
WARD
IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
BURKE DIVIDE MCKENZIE
MOUNTRAIL WILLIAMS
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
MCLEAN MERCER OLIVER
IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
BILLINGS DUNN GOLDEN VALLEY
STARK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEACH, BEULAH, BOTTINEAU, BOWBELLS,
CENTER, COLUMBUS, CROSBY, DICKINSON, DRAKE, FAIRFIELD, GARRISON,
GLENBURN, HALLIDAY, HAZEN, KILLDEER, LIGNITE, MEDORA, MINOT,
MOHALL, NEW TOWN, PARSHALL, PORTAL, POWERS LAKE, SHERWOOD,
STANLEY, TOWNER, TURTLE LAKE, UNDERWOOD, VELVA, WASHBURN,
WATFORD CITY, WILLISTON, AND WILTON.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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