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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2015, 11:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 21 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
- Sep 30, 2015, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Pierce County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Sep 30, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 705 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020015- 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- 705 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015 /605 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2015/ 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW MAY BE STRONG WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MIGHT BE NEEDED IF THIS TREND CONTINUES. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR FUTURE UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1022 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015
NDZ012-021-010400-
MCHENRY ND-MCLEAN ND-
1022 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MCHENRY COUNTIES...
AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENEDICT...OR 25 MILES EAST OF GARRISON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTTE...RUSO AND STRAWBERRY LAKE.
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 4785 10054 4785 10058 4770 10059 4764 10092
4778 10105 4793 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 244DEG 14KT 4774 10088
ABELINGLocal storm report, Sep 30, 11:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1102 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM HAIL 8 SE RICHARDTON 46.81N 102.20W
09/30/2015 E1.25 INCH STARK ND TRAINED SPOTTER
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED EAST OF RICHARDTON
0805 PM HAIL 14 SSE RICHARDTON 46.70N 102.20W
09/30/2015 E1.00 INCH STARK ND TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF ONE INCH HAIL IN SOUTHEAST START COUNTY.
0855 PM HAIL 15 W HEART BUTTE DAM 46.60N 102.13W
09/30/2015 E1.00 INCH HETTINGER ND TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF ONE INCH HAIL
0945 PM HAIL 2 SSW WILLOW CITY 48.58N 100.31W
09/30/2015 M1.00 INCH BOTTINEAU ND CO-OP OBSERVER
HAIL LASTED 10 MINUTES UNTIL 955 PM CDT.
&&
ABELINGSpecial weather statement, Sep 30, 11:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1139 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015
NDZ005-011>013-019-021-022-010500-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-WARD-ROLETTE-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
1139 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2015
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA LATE THIS EVENING...
AT 1131 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE FROM
SOUTHERN ROLETTE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE
SAKAKAWEA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DIME SIZE HAIL IS
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUGBY...GARRISON...WASHBURN...HAZEN
BAY RECREATION AREA...VELVA...UNDERWOOD...COLEHARBOR...TURTLE
LAKE...TOWNER...STANTON...SAWYER...RIVERDALE AND PICK CITY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN BISMARCK.
LAT...LON 4838 9950 4837 9985 4807 9985 4730 10102
4725 10211 4783 10163 4838 10069 4855 10024
4854 10015 4859 10014 4868 9989 4869 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 272DEG 13KT 4862 9954 4742 10139
HAMILTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Stark | 57 min |
| Sep 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 40 min |
| Sep 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 48 min |
| Sep 30, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 39 min |
| Sep 30, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 38 min |
| Oct 1, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 63 min |
| Oct 1, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 54 min |
| Oct 1, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 41 min |
| Oct 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 35 min |
| Oct 1, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 25 min |
| Oct 1, 9:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 32 hr |
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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.