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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 20, 2015Pierce County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2015, 2:39 PM CDT for Pierce County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2015, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Pierce County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 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 20, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 9:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
941 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

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

0901 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S LINCOLN             46.73N 100.70W
06/19/2015  E90 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORT. CAMPER ROLLED OUT OF
            NEIGHBORS YARD. SECURED STACK OF LARGE HAY BALES
            COLLAPSED. NUMEROUS SWING SETS DESTROYED. GARAGE DOOR
            BUCKLED. 10 X 3 FOOT SHEET OF METAL BLOWN THROUGH
            NEIGHBORS WINDOW. DESTROYED SIDING AND BLEW GLASS INTO
            HOME. NO KNOWN INJURIES. TIME IS START OF HIGH WINDS.
            GUSTS OVER 50 MPH LASTED 25 MINUTES.

&&

SCHECK

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
946 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

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

0903 PM     TSTM WND GST     BISMARCK                46.81N 100.78W
06/19/2015  M82 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A SMALL AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON NORTH
            SIDE OF BISMARCK AIRPORT. THIS IS DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH
            THE MEASURED WIND GUST PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1023 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

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

1021 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W CENTER              47.12N 101.36W
06/20/2015  M1.05 INCH       OLIVER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL RAINFALL FRIDAY EVENING WITH THUNDERSTORMS. NO
            DAMAGE REPORTED.

&&

KSIMOSKO

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
200 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

NDZ004-201930-
BOTTINEAU-
200 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU
COUNTY...

AT 157 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOURIS...OR
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOURIS...LAKE METIGOSHE STATE PARK...CARBURY AND ROTH.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN
STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE
A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4874 10055 4874 10057 4890 10085 4892 10084
      4900 10075 4900 10031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 304DEG 15KT 4894 10069

SIMOSKO

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
239 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

NDZ012-013-202015-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-
239 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MCHENRY AND WEST
CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 238 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 12 MILES EAST OF
KARLSRUHE...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUGBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ORRIN AND GEORGE LAKE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4811 10050 4825 10032 4813 9999 4792 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 301DEG 23KT 4814 10035

ACOOP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman	29 min
Jun 19, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	67 min
Jun 19, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	54 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	46 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton, Oliver	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Morton	62 min
Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, Morton, Sioux	30 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	60 min
Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	30 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	44 min
Jun 20, 4:30 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, McHenry, Mercer and 8 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	30 min
Jun 20, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	32 min
Jun 20, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	20 min
Jun 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	24 min
Jun 20, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	34 min
Jun 20, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	25 min
Jun 20, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.