UPDATED - Bismarck Radar Outage

Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. 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.