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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 2014McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 6:51 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 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 18, 2014, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 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 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 18, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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: 246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 18, 5:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 6:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ002-003-005-010>013-019>023-025-034-035-037-042-045-048-051-
200000-
BURKE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-
OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 /551 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND NORTH ON
THURSDAY AND NORTH ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AND FLOODING 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

NDZ004-200000-
BOTTINEAU-
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOURIS RIVER NEAR WESTHOPE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AND FLOODING 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

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-200000-
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 /551 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND NORTH ON
THURSDAY AND NORTH ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

NDZ036-046-047-050-200000-
KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
651 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
TONIGHT. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND NORTH ON
THURSDAY AND NORTH ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AND FLOODING 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

AYD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
302 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ042-045-182100-
GRANT-SIOUX-
202 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 159 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCINTOSH...OR 35 MILES EAST OF LEMMON...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT HIGHWAY 31 SOUTH OF RALEIGH.

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. 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 4624 10160 4617 10106 4595 10106 4595 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 191DEG 23KT 4593 10143

VINING

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

0402 PM     HAIL             5 W SELFRIDGE           46.04N 101.03W
06/18/2014  E0.88 INCH       SIOUX              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AYD

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
522 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ034>036-042-045>047-050-182315-
BURLEIGH-EMMONS-GRANT-KIDDER-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-MORTON-SIOUX-
522 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FLASHER TO 5 MILES EAST OF HAZELTON TO VENTURIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THIS
LINE.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...

EASTERN SIOUX...GRANT...AND MORTON COUNTIES...ALL OF EMMONS
COUNTY...WESTERN MCINTOSH AND LOGAN COUNTIES...AND SOUTHERN BURLEIGH
COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES BISMARCK AND MANDAN...NAPOLEON AND
WISHEK...ASHLEY AND STRASBURG...FLASHER AND FORT YATES.

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. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4696 10117 4700 10007 4640 9918 4593 9921
      4594 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 188DEG 22KT 4653 10108 4651 10017
          4598 9951

SCHILD/VINING

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
529 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ001-002-182315-
BURKE-DIVIDE-
529 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS...OR 25 MILES EAST OF
CROSBY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...
  LIGNITE...
  COLUMBUS...
  PORTAL...
  LARSON...

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 4901 10248 4861 10267 4861 10288 4863 10288
      4864 10292 4901 10296 4901 10278 4900 10275
      4901 10273 4900 10266 4901 10265 4902 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 184DEG 31KT 4880 10277

SCHILD

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:18 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
618 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-190015-
BURLEIGH-DICKEY-EMMONS-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-STUTSMAN-
618 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STERLING TO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STREETER TO 5 MILES WEST OF SPRING CREEK COLONY...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF
THIS LINE EXTENDING TO AND BEYOND THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...

EASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY...ALL OF KIDDER...SOUTHWESTERN
STUTSMAN...ALL OF EMMONS AND LOGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...AND
WESTERN LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES STEELE AND
MEDINA...LINTON AND WISHEK...NAPOLEON AND STRASBURG...ELLENDALE AND
EDGELEY. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 FROM EAST OF BISMARCK TO
MEDINA.

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. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4650 10049 4725 10030 4705 9922 4593 9834
      4594 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 200DEG 34KT 4678 10028 4657 9950
          4593 9898

SCHILD/VINING

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDZ050-190015-
MCINTOSH-
646 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VENTURIA AND ASHLEY...OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LINTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DANZIG...

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. 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 4615 9984 4626 9952 4594 9927 4593 9931
      4594 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 146DEG 26KT 4604 9952

SCHILD/VINING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Golden Valley	43 min
Jun 18, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	45 min
Jun 18, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	27 min
Jun 18, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	16 hr
Jun 18, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant, Sioux	23 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	58 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	55 min
Jun 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Morton, Sioux	62 min
Jun 18, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux	53 min
Jun 18, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	46 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh	57 min
Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	29 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.