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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 2016Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood warning at Jul 9, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3085 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
3085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
20.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 9, 10:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 10:35 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-110345-
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-
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 /935 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016/

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. SCATTERED STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
EVENING...MAINLY WEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL. VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
ALL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

HEINERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
922 PM CDT SAT JUL 09 2016

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

0907 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 S CARRINGTON          47.40N  99.12W
07/09/2016                   FOSTER             ND   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

NHEINERT
Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 PM CDT SAT JUL 09 2016

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

0930 PM     TSTM WND GST     BREIEN                  46.38N 100.94W
07/09/2016  E60 MPH          MORTON             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS GUSTED NEAR 60 THROUGH 950 PM CDT

&&

MMATHEWS
Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:07 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1007 PM CDT SAT JUL 09 2016

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

1000 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 NE WOODWORTH          47.21N  99.20W
07/09/2016                   STUTSMAN           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTT REPORTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD THAT
            LASTED ABOUT A MINUTE.

&&

HAMILTON
Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:14 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1014 PM CDT SAT JUL 09 2016

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 ENE BREIEN            46.42N 100.82W
07/09/2016  E60 MPH          MORTON             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS STARTED AROUND 945 AND LASTED THROUGH 10 PM. PEA
            SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED

&&

MMATHEWS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:19 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1019 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ036-046-047-050-100400-
MCINTOSH-LOGAN-EMMONS-KIDDER-
1019 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL KIDDER...
WESTERN LOGAN...WESTERN MCINTOSH AND EMMONS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

AT 1017 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZELTON TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTH
AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINTON...NAPOLEON...WISHEK...STRASBURG...HAZELTON...
BEAVER LAKE STATE PARK...KINTYRE...AND GREEN LAKE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4617 10045 4631 10044 4647 10040 4674 9966
      4646 9949 4594 9939 4594 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 257DEG 35KT 4650 10030 4634 10029 4620 10026
4596 10021

MATHEWS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:21 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1021 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ023-025-100400-
WELLS ND-FOSTER ND-
1021 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FOSTER AND
NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR FESSENDEN...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARVEY...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FESSENDEN...CATHAY...BARLOW AND EMRICK.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4755 9976 4771 9974 4775 9930 4767 9930
      4767 9927 4759 9927 4759 9897 4745 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 267DEG 26KT 4763 9957

SCHILD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce47 min
Jul 9, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells44 min
Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Sioux54 min
Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells54 min
Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Wells25 min
Jul 9, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster34 min
Jul 9, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells43 min
Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux60 min
Jul 9, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman34 min
Jul 9, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells46 min
Jul 9, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells37 min
Jul 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells61 min
Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux40 min
Jul 9, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells6 hr
Jul 9, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan41 min
Jul 9, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells39 min
Jul 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman60 min
Jul 9, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan, McIntosh40 min
Jul 9, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley, Slope49 min
Jul 9, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure, Stutsman59 min
Jul 10, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings57 min
Jul 10, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Stark58 min
Jul 10, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark58 min
Jul 10, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan60 min
Jul 10, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Kidder46 min
Jul 10, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman63 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley38 min
Jul 10, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie56 min
Jul 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope62 min
Jul 10, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn64 min
Jul 10, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope50 min
Jul 10, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie42 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward53 min
Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more51 min
Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie41 min
Jul 10, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Billings, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer and 5 more54 min
Jul 10, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke31 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.