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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 3, 2014Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward 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: Sep 3, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 8.3

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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 Sep 3, 6:39 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 6:39 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
358 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-042100-
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-
358 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 /258 PM MDT WED SEP 3 2014/

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST ALONG
WITH INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY
IN THE EARLY TO MID EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582...OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

JJS/KS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
420 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

NDZ001-009-032215-
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
420 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN DIVIDE AND NORTHWEST
WILLIAMS COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COALRIDGE...OR 46 MILES WEST OF CROSBY...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GRENORA...
  ALKABO...
  FORTUNA...
  WRITING ROCK STATE HISTORICAL SITE...
  HANKS...
  ZAHL...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4885 10358 4881 10352 4871 10342 4870 10342
      4850 10370 4853 10406 4890 10406 4896 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 269DEG 33KT 4870 10424

SIMOSKO

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
455 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

NDZ001-009-032300-
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
455 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST DIVIDE AND NORTHWEST WILLIAMS
COUNTIES...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANKS...OR 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CROSBY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALAMO...
  WILDROSE...
  ZAHL...
  APPAM...
  CORINTH...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH
AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4886 10325 4869 10295 4854 10327 4858 10399
      4878 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 269DEG 33KT 4869 10375

SIMOSKO

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
529 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

NDZ001-002-009-032330-
BURKE-DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
529 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH PEA SIZED HAIL IN NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS
COUNTY...

AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORINTH...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF CROSBY...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL IN ALAMO AT APPROXIMATELY
520 PM CDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WILDROSE...
  HAMLET...
  MCGREGOR...
  BATTLEVIEW...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH
AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4865 10255 4854 10281 4855 10288 4851 10289
      4850 10292 4849 10346 4868 10350 4876 10295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 263DEG 31KT 4860 10334

SIMOSKO

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:43 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 4 minutes 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
Sep 3, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	28 min
Sep 3, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	54 min
Sep 3, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	43 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	62 min
Sep 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	54 min
Sep 3, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	31 min
Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail	59 min
Sep 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	62 min
Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	66 min
Sep 3, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	53 min
Sep 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	66 min
Sep 4, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Oliver	58 min
Sep 4, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	59 min
Sep 4, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	60 min
Sep 4, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver	59 min
Sep 4, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Wells	41 min
Sep 4, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	59 min
Sep 4, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	41 min
Sep 4, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver	56 min
Sep 4, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Stutsman	3 hr
Sep 4, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	34 min

Nearby

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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.