UPDATED - Bismarck Radar Outage

Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in the Southeast; Critical Fire Weather in the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest and Southwest

A slow-moving storm system will continue to bring thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding potential from Southeast Florida, into the Southern to Central Appalachians and the Mid-Atlantic regions today into Wednesday. Gusty winds and dry fuels will support widespread critical fire weather in the northern Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Southwest. Read More >

Bismarck Radar Outage

Repairs are underway to the Bismarck National Weather Service Doppler radar to fix the equipment malfunction that the radar suffered early Monday morning, June 19th. If all goes well, the radar may return to service by Thursday afternoon. Surrounding radars that can be used in the meantime are located near Minot, Mayville, Aberdeen and Rapid City, South Dakota, and Glasgow, Montana. The National Weather Service office in Bismarck will also use those surrounding radars along with data from the new GOES-16 weather satellite to complete forecast and warning responsibilities during the radar outage.