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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 10, 2010Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2010, 3:29 PM CDT for Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 10, 2010, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2010, 4:09 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2010-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2144 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2010-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 6:14 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
614 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-111115-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
614 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 /514 AM MDT TUE AUG 10 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO IN THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

JV

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 10, 3:03 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail54 min
Aug 9, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie20 min
Aug 9, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie66 min
Aug 9, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mountrail61 min
Aug 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward59 min
Aug 9, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie56 min
Aug 9, 11:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMountrail3 hr
Aug 10, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville, Ward53 min
Aug 10, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISPierce, Rolette108 min
Aug 10, 10:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, Renville3 hr
Aug 10, 12:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, McHenry, Renville3 hr
Aug 10, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau20 min
Aug 10, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette3 hr
Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Sheridan42 min
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville, Ward58 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.