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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 5:01 AM CDT for LaMoure County, Logan County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2010, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 4:19 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 4:19 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 112 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 NDZ020>022-034-035-270700- BURLEIGH ND-MCLEAN ND-MORTON ND-OLIVER ND-SHERIDAN ND- 112 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL MORTON...EASTERN OLIVER... BURLEIGH...SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WASHBURN TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PRICE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF JUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BISMARCK... WILTON... BALDWIN... MANDAN... REGAN... LINCOLN... MENOKEN... WING... CROWN BUTTE LAKE... DOUBLE DITCH INDIAN VILLAGE... NEW JOHNS LAKE... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. VINING
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:01 AM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 201 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 NDZ020-021-034>036-270745- BURLEIGH ND-KIDDER ND-MCLEAN ND-MORTON ND-OLIVER ND- 201 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN MORTON...EASTERN OLIVER... BURLEIGH...KIDDER AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOODRICH TO MCKENZIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ARENA... STERLING... TUTTLE... DRISCOLL... ROBINSON... STEELE... DAWSON... PETTIBONE... TAPPEN... HORSEHEAD LAKE... LAKE WILLIAMS... LAKE ISABEL... OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR DOUBLE DITCH INDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OF MANDAN...AND ANOTHER STORM WAS BETWEEN CENTER AND NEW SALEM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. VINING
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce, Wells | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan, Wells | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 15 min |
| Jul 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 12 min |
| Jul 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Stark | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 60 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.