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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 5, 2010McLean County, Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT for McLean County, Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 5, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McLean County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Ward County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 430 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2010-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2010-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard61 min
Jul 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.