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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 10, 2016Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT for Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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: 828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 9, 11:57 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:57 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1157 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

.UPDATE...
Issued at 1157 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Another quick update to extend severe thunderstorm watch 240 into
Foster County based on upstream radar trends and in collaboration
with SPC and WFO Grand Forks. We also trimmed a few more counties
in southwest ND from watch 240 with this update.

UPDATE Issued at 1127 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

We collaborated with SPC to expand the severe thunderstorm watch
downstream of the intense thunderstorms that were centered around
Minot at 04 UTC. The severe threat is beginning to diminish to
the west, so we also cancelled the watch for Divide, Burke, and
Williams Counties. Additional counties in western ND will likely
be able to be removed from the watch in the next 90 minutes.

UPDATE Issued at 952 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Overall, the forecast is trending well and only minor changes were
made with this update, namely to ramp up PoPs a bit again based on
recent HRRR simulations. We discussed the possibility of expanding
the severe thunderstorm watch further east into Bismarck/Mandan
with SPC, but based on radar trends and some capping shown on the
00 UTC Bismarck sounding the threat appears marginal enough (but
certainly non-zero) to hold off on expanding the watch in space at
this point. We will continue to re-evaluate that possibility over
the next few hours, though.

UPDATE Issued at 803 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Quick update to accommodate a recently-issued severe thunderstorm
watch for western and parts of central ND, which is valid through
08 UTC, per collaboration with SPC. We also increased PoPs across
much of western and central ND through 09 UTC based on the recent
trends in radar imagery, which show increasing storm coverage as
forcing attendant to a shortwave trough approaches western ND.

UPDATE Issued at 604 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Only minor changes were made to the forecast with this update. We
did spread the chance of thunderstorms eastward a bit more quickly
than earlier advertised given radar trends. The severe storms that
moved out of northwest and into north central ND are still within
an axis of MLCAPE of 2000+ J/kg given surface temperatures in the
90s and dewpoints in the lower 60s F in their inflow region. Very
recent radar trends have shown a decreasing trend to those storms,
though, which is likely because they are outpacing the stronger
deep-layer shear that exists further west. That may marginalize
the severe threat with the batch of storms northwest of Minot as
of 23 UTC. Meanwhile, convection in southwest ND is high-based in
an environment characterized by 40+ F temperature-dewpoint spreads
and weak shear as of late afternoon, so we only expect a gusty
wind threat with that activity for the next few hours.

We are watching storms in MT closely (including one particularly
long-lived supercell approaching Jordan as as of 23 UTC). Simple
extrapolation of that activity brings it to the ND border by mid
evening. If it reaches ND before the boundary layer is able to
cool sufficiently for increasing capping to take hold, then there
could be a more organized severe threat, particularly over west
central and northwest ND.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 205 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

The expectation of severe thunderstorms west through north central
this evening and tonight highlights the short term period.

Latest water vapor imagery shows an upper low circulating just off
of Vancouver Island with a downstream southwest flow into North
Dakota. Shortwaves peeling off from the main low and through the
northern Rockies continue to produce thunderstorms in central
Montana. The upper level low will meander and head into Washington
state Friday before ejecting northeast through southern Canada
over the weekend. This slow movement and trajectory keeps western
and central ND in a favored area for periodic thunderstorms.

The next shortwave to affect western and central ND is seen over
western Montana into central Idaho. An associated surface cold
front will advance from southern and eastern Montana into North
Dakota tonight. Nsharp soundings continue to show high based
thunderstorms around 8kft to 10kft west and north central with
the primary threat of damaging winds. Dewpoints have been dropping
across the west as mixing aloft with drier air ensues. Beach for
example went from a 61f dewpoint to 48f dewpoint. Mixed layer cape
should be decreasing as a result. Dcape values of around 1500 j/kg
across the west late this afternoon and evening indicative of
strong downdraft/damaging wind potential.

Lcl heights will likely be a bit lower across north central ND as
Minot sounding shows dewpoints in the lower 60s holding on through
the evening. May see cloud bases around 5kft with an increased
depth in cape values. The combination of surface-1km shear of
around 25kt, sfc-1km and sfc-3km relative helicity of 189 and
223 meters squared/second squared may provide a brief window of
tornado opportunity. The latest HRRR composite reflectivity shows
the strongest cells moving across north central between 03z-06z
which is coincident with the forecast sounding parameters mentioned
above. Thus, damaging winds, large hail, and a possible tornado
will be monitored north central early tonight. Convection will
taper off from west to east after midnight.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 205 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Brief transitory ridging occurs Friday after the passage of
Thursday nights shortwave. Thus dry during the daylight hours
Friday. Another round of thunderstorms expected Friday night into
Saturday, with a second shortwave following for Saturday
evening/night. It appears that on Sunday, thunderstorms should be
confined from the Turtle Mountains south into the James River
Valley. Severe thunderstorms possible with each round, but severe
weather is more favored Saturday evening/night along and ahead of
a well defined warm front draped over most of western and central
North Dakota. SPC maintains a large slight risk area.

Continued southwest flow through the middle of next week with
signs of another building ridge across central ND which may
gradually decrease chances for precipitation later in the week.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night)
Issued at 1157 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Thunderstorms with local MVFR and IFR conditions, heavy rain, and
gusty winds will move out of western ND by about 08 UTC, and out
of central ND by about 11 UTC. VFR conditions will prevail across
western and central ND on Friday behind the weak cool front which
is generating tonight's thunderstorm activity.

&&

.BIS Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NONE.
&&

UPDATE...CJS
SHORT TERM...KS
LONG TERM...KS
AVIATION...CJS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1130 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

NDZ003>005-010>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-110430-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-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-
1130 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016 /1030 PM MDT THU JUN 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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE 3 AM CDT OR 2 AM
MDT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ALL BUT
THE FAR SOUTH...AND FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA
FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-800-247-0212...OR POST IT ON OUR
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.

NDZ001-002-009-110430-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-
1130 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT IN FAR NORTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ALL BUT
THE FAR SOUTH...AND FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA
FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CJS/KS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1139 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2016

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

1120 PM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
06/09/2016  E1.00 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MINOT.
            PUBLIC REPORT FORWARDED BY KMOT-TV

&&

KING

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1140 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2016

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND GST     TOLLEY                  48.73N 101.83W
06/09/2016  E60 MPH          RENVILLE           ND   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN TOLLEY. ESTIMATED
            THAT ONE THIRD OF THE TOWN OF TOLLEY WAS WITHOUT POWER
            FOLLOWING THE STORM. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

&&

CJS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:54 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2016

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

1151 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W GARRISON            47.65N 101.44W
06/09/2016  M58 MPH          MCLEAN             ND   ASOS

&&

MMATHEWS

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1156 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

NDZ018-019-021-100545-
MERCER ND-MCLEAN ND-DUNN ND-
1156 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MCLEAN...
NORTHWESTERN MERCER AND DUNN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT/1145 PM
MDT/...

AT 1156 PM CDT/1056 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR KILLDEER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...DUNN CENTER...MANNING...
LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK...MCKENZIE BAY RECREATION AREA...
INDIAN HILLS RECREATION AREA...OAKDALE...
SKUNK CREEK BAY RECREATION AREA AND TWIN BUTTES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT/200 AM
MDT/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4736 10310 4768 10267 4768 10264 4770 10264
      4779 10252 4776 10247 4775 10240 4776 10238
      4780 10238 4745 10186 4705 10291 4725 10303
      4733 10303 4733 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 232DEG 39KT 4735 10282

SCHILD

Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:03 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1203 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

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

1155 PM     TSTM WND GST     RUGBY                   48.37N 100.00W
06/09/2016  M71 MPH          PIERCE             ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

KING

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

NDZ035-036-100630-
KIDDER-BURLEIGH-
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KIDDER AND
BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1244 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF REGAN TO 7 MILES
NORTH OF MENOKEN TO 6 MILES EAST OF ST. ANTHONY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BISMARCK...MANDAN...STEELE...LINCOLN...TAPPEN...MENOKEN...WING...
STERLING...TUTTLE...PETTIBONE...DAWSON...REGAN...ROBINSON...
LAKE ISABEL...MCDOWELL DAM RECREATION AREA...DRISCOLL...MCKENZIE...
BALDWIN...CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND LAKE WILLIAMS.

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 4668 10064 4666 10074 4669 10074 4669 10079
      4673 10078 4675 10084 4681 10082 4684 10085
      4733 10066 4733 9948 4698 9948 4698 9945
      4663 9945 4663 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 263DEG 49KT 4731 10043 4692 10048 4665 10078

MATHEWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	38 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	58 min
Jun 9, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	42 min
Jun 9, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	38 min
Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	66 min
Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	47 min
Jun 9, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Williams	35 min
Jun 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	43 min
Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	64 min
Jun 9, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	53 min
Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	31 min
Jun 9, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mountrail	22 min
Jun 9, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	48 min
Jun 9, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	56 min
Jun 9, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	51 min
Jun 9, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Renville, Ward	48 min
Jun 9, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	53 min
Jun 9, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	38 min
Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Mercer	46 min
Jun 9, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Renville, Ward	57 min
Jun 9, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	56 min
Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	49 min
Jun 9, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant, Morton, Oliver, Sioux	47 min
Jun 9, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	56 min
Jun 9, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	65 min
Jun 9, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Sheridan, Ward	57 min
Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	49 min
Jun 10, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	65 min
Jun 10, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	63 min
Jun 10, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	44 min
Jun 10, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	57 min
Jun 10, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh	63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.