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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 8:43 PM CDT for McKenzie County, Mountrail County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 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, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 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
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, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 6:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 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
Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Sep 3, 8:31 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
831 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL 10 NW WILLISTON 48.26N 103.78W
09/03/2014 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMS ND PUBLIC
HAIL ONGOING AT THE TIME OF CALL
&&
RKSpecial weather statement, Sep 3, 8:32 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 832 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 NDZ017-040215- MCKENZIE- 732 PM MDT WED SEP 3 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 730 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SKAAR...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIDNEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SATHER DAM... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4775 10329 4733 10328 4733 10403 4769 10404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 260DEG 28KT 4751 10392 ABELING
Local storm report, Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
836 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0833 PM HAIL WILLISTON 48.15N 103.63W
09/03/2014 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMS ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT
&&
RKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 60 min |
| 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, 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.