NWS Bismarck NDSV.W 0317August 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bottineau, Renville and Ward, ND
The National Weather Service office in Bismarck issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bottineau, Renville and Ward in North Dakota, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on August 30. It was the 317th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Bismarck issued in 2026. North Dakota had 98 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 60 in an average August of 2008-2025 (North Dakota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Bismarck ND
- Area
- Bottineau, Renville and Ward
- State
- North Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:42 p.m. CDT, August 30, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. CDT, August 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBIS SV.W 0317
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota since 2008Every warning type in North Dakota
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The notice as issued
SVRBIS The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Bottineau County in north central North Dakota... Southern Renville County in north central North Dakota... Ward County in north central North Dakota... * Until 645 PM CDT. * At 542 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 7 miles northwest of Berthold to 6 miles north of Ryder, or along a line from 26 miles east of Stanley to 23 miles southwest of Minot, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Minot, Minot Air Force Base, Burlington, Surrey, Berthold, Glenburn, Sawyer, Lansford, Des Lacs, Carpio, Foxholm, Rice Lake, Donnybrook, Logan, Grano, Hartland and Wolseth.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota since 2008333 a year
- Every warning type in North Dakota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels