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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 20, 2013McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 20, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.6

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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 Jun 20, 9:07 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:07 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
339 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

NDZ004-011-012-212045-
BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-
339 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE
MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH
FLOODING.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. FOR DETAILS GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. CLICK ON THE
RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAIN PAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MAIN THREATS THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA ARE
FAVORED FOR THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NDZ001>003-005-009-010-013-017>022-031>035-040>046-212045-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
339 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 /239 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS WEST AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MAIN THREATS THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA ARE
FAVORED FOR THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-212045-
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
339 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING.

AREA FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE
JAMES RIVER BASIN THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SUNDAY. MULTIPLE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
THE CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MAIN THREATS THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA ARE
FAVORED FOR THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WAA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             BRADDOCK                46.56N 100.09W
06/20/2013  E1.00 INCH       EMMONS             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

HAMILTON

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
705 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             LINTON                  46.27N 100.23W
06/20/2013  M2.75 INCH       EMMONS             ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS MOSTLY QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE BUT IN THE
            LAST HALF HOUR IT WAS BASEBALL SIZED. TREE DAMAGE AND
            CAR DAMAGE. RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.

&&

JVINING

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
728 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0728 PM     HAIL             6 E LINTON              46.27N 100.10W
06/20/2013  M1.00 INCH       EMMONS             ND   PUBLIC

&&

MMATHEWS

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
737 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     HEAVY RAIN       LINTON                  46.27N 100.23W
06/20/2013  E3.00 INCH       EMMONS             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STILL RAINING

&&

JVINING

Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	6 hr
Jun 20, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	59 min
Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	64 min
Jun 20, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan	53 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 20, 11:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	24 hr
Jun 21, 6:28 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Grant and 12 more	5 hr
Jun 21, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	52 min
Jun 21, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	44 min
Jun 21, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Sioux	55 min
Jun 21, 12:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	6 hr
Jun 21, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	47 min
Jun 21, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	48 min
Jun 21, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	56 min
Jun 21, 1:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Grant, Morton	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.