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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 11, 2014Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2014, 12:48 AM CDT for Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 11, 2014, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Sheridan County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 10, 6:23 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:23 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
623 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 623 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM
MOOSOMIN TO ESTEVAN SASKATCHEWAN...SOUTHWEST INTO CROSBY AND
WILLISTON. THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING NEAR
MOOSOMIN...WITH CELLS BUBBLING UP NEAR ESTEVAN. WITH AMPLE
INSTABILITY IN PLACE (SBCAPE AROUND 1800 J/KG) OVER NORTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...IF THE CAP
MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...NORTH DAKOTA
COULD BE SPARED FROM SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL.

FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE SEVERE MENTION IN THE NORTHERN ZONES THIS
EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AND ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY BASED ON HOW CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT EVOLVES.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 243 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW THAT
GENERATED SHOWERS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY MORNING IS
NOW MOVING INTO MORE UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR CONVECTION ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. IT ITS WAKE SUBSIDENCE OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA IS RAPIDLY CLEARING CLOUDS. SOLAR HEATING AND THE H8
THERMAL RIDGE AHEAD OF THE MONTANA/SASKATCHEWAN COLD FRONT WILL
LEAVE A NARROW WINDOW FOR MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NAM
BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FOR DICKINSON AND WILLISTON SHOW AN ERODING CAP
WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG CONVECTION. THE CHALLENGE IS ALL
INGREDIENTS NOT LINING UP WELL AS THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE WILL NOT
MATCH UP WITH APPROACHING COLD FRONT ESPECIALLY SOUTH. ALSO
H300 WINDS ALOFT WILL MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT SO LACKING SOME
SUPPORT ALOFT. WITH THIS IN MIND...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM
ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN SASKATCHEWAN AND MOVE EAST. A FEW WILL
FORM/CROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THIS EVENING. SEVERE POTENTIAL
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS GENERALLY NORTH OF LAKE
SAKAKAWEA. TONIGHT THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION. THE
H300 JET MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
WEST CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE NOSE OF THE H300 JET AND WHAT
SHOULD BE THE THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AFTER 06Z. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FRIDAY SHOULD LEAVE THE
REGION DRY.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 243 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS WYOMING WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED/SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY FROM WEST TO EAST.

MEANWHILE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS HUDSON BAY WILL DROP SOUTH
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COOLER AIR...A
SHORTWAVE MOVING SOUTH AROUND THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE TURTLE
MOUNTAINS AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL RESULT IN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR
MONDAY. THE GFS/ECMWF/GEM 850 TEMPS FOR MONDAY ARE +7C ACROSS CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. THAT TRANSLATES INTO HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE
LATEST ALLBLEND HAS TRENDED HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 70S ON MONDAY TO
THE UPPER 60S ON THIS AFTERNOONS RUN. GIVEN THE 850 MB GFS/ECMWF/GEM
TEMP TRENDS...FULLY EXPECT THE ALLBLEND TO CONTINUE A DOWNWARD
TREND. RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
CENTRAL ND.

BENIGN WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
WITH MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT MIGRATING FROM CENTRAL
SASKATCHEWAN INTO NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION REMAINING NORTH OF THE BORDER.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 623 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TONIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TERMINAL AERODROMES
(KISN-KMOT) THIS EVENING. THE TAF SITES ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR
SHOULD ONLY SEE A WIND SHIFT WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SEE
INDIVIDUAL TAFS FOR DETAILS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

UPDATE...TM
SHORT TERM...WAA
LONG TERM...AC
AVIATION...TM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
302 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

NDZ002>004-011-012-112015-
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-
302 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MANY PARTS OF THE
SOURIS RIVER. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE THUNDERSTORM THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY.

.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

NDZ001-005-009-010-013-112015-
DIVIDE-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-PIERCE-
302 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE THUNDERSTORM THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-112015-
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-
302 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 /202 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.

.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

WA/AC/KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	58 min
Jul 10, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	25 min
Jul 10, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	37 min
Jul 10, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	33 min
Jul 10, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	53 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.