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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 4, 2014Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2014, 1:49 AM CDT for Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2014, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2014, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Foster County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 4, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2014-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 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 00:00Z on 2014-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 4, 1:05 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 1:05 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 9:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
923 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-050230-
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-
923 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 /823 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...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD EAST TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE
DURING THE 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 TONIGHT. 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

CK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 4, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1241 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

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

1145 PM     HAIL             10 S HALLIDAY           47.21N 102.34W
09/03/2014  E1.00 INCH       DUNN               ND   PUBLIC

            REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST METEOROLOGIST. HAIL TIME
            ESTIMATED. GUSTY WINDS REPORTS WITH NO ESTIMATE OF
            SPEED.

&&

JP MARTIN
Local storm report, Sep 4, 12:51 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1251 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

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

1250 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GOLDEN VALLEY           47.29N 102.06W
09/04/2014  M2.25 INCH       MERCER             ND   PUBLIC

&&

KING
Local storm report, Sep 4, 1:08 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 4, 1:19 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
119 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

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

1248 AM     HAIL             1 SW HANNOVER           47.10N 101.44W
09/04/2014  E1.75 INCH       OLIVER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BROKE THE WEST SIDE WINDOWS OUT OF
            A HOME

&&

KING
Local storm report, Sep 4, 1:25 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
125 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

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

1245 AM     HAIL             10 W HANNOVER           47.11N 101.64W
09/04/2014  M1.75 INCH       OLIVER             ND   PUBLIC

&&

KING
Local storm report, Sep 4, 1:34 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
134 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

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

0100 AM     HAIL             CENTER                  47.12N 101.30W
09/04/2014  E2.75 INCH       OLIVER             ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL RANGED IN SIZE FROM QUARTER TO BASEBALL SIZE IN
            PARTS OF CENTER AND HANNOVER.

&&

KING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville, Ward60 min
Sep 3, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams28 min
Sep 3, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams54 min
Sep 3, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie43 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Williams62 min
Sep 3, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie54 min
Sep 3, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, McKenzie31 min
Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail59 min
Sep 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer62 min
Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer66 min
Sep 3, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer53 min
Sep 3, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Sheridan66 min
Sep 4, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer, Oliver58 min
Sep 4, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells59 min
Sep 4, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells60 min
Sep 4, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Oliver59 min
Sep 4, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh59 min
Sep 4, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder41 min
Sep 4, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Oliver56 min
Sep 4, 3:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStutsman3 hr
Sep 4, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder34 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.