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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 2014Foster County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT for Foster 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Foster County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
941 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-281445-
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-
941 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 /841 AM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT...

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON
SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST. THERE IS A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH ON SUNDAY...AND ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...RAINFALL
TOTALS 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

TM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
153 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

NDZ037-048-271945-
LA MOURE-STUTSMAN-
153 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN STUTSMAN COUNTY...

AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTONVILLE...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF
JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN...
  MONTPELIER...
  BUCHANAN...
  SPIRITWOOD LAKE...
  MILLARTON...
  SYDNEY...
  ELDRIDGE...

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 4712 9907 4713 9852 4653 9860 4650 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 172DEG 17KT 4661 9875

HEINERT
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley55 min
Jun 26, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings53 min
Jun 26, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie52 min
Jun 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie62 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley6 hr
Jun 26, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings58 min
Jun 26, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman, Slope54 min
Jun 26, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISAdams, Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, Stark57 min
Jun 27, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail52 min
Jun 27, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley, Stark55 min
Jun 27, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDunn21 min
Jun 27, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDunn, Mercer, Oliver46 min
Jun 27, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke, Mountrail24 min
Jun 27, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMercer33 min
Jun 27, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWard31 min
Jun 27, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville, Ward38 min
Jun 27, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau26 min
Jun 27, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman52 min
Jun 27, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant, Morton, Oliver32 min
Jun 27, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau29 min
Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISAdams, Hettinger60 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2014Every special weather statement 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.