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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 3:29 PM MDT for Dunn County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2016, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
County Dunn County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 3, 1:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 231 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-041945- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 231 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 /131 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 PM CDT OR 2 PM MDT AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-041945- ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 231 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THERE IS A MARGINAL CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND TUESDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HEINERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:30 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 NDZ017-032130- MCKENZIE ND- 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT/330 PM MDT/... AT 329 PM CDT/229 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNEGARD TO 4 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDER TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST FAIRVIEW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATFORD CITY...ALEXANDER...ARNEGARD...KEENE AND RAWSON. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK 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 4803 10270 4771 10326 4774 10387 4798 10330 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 259DEG 23KT 4794 10336 4786 10356 4777 10380 ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
327 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016
NDZ041-032200-
HETTINGER ND-
327 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM MDT...
AT 326 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF MOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOTT AND BURT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4621 10227 4621 10242 4625 10250 4648 10238
4635 10205 4620 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 216DEG 19KT 4626 10233
HEINERTSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 3:29 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 429 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 NDZ010-017-018-021-032215- MOUNTRAIL ND-MCKENZIE ND-MCLEAN ND-DUNN ND- 429 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN... SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTRAIL...NORTHWESTERN DUNN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES... AT 429 PM CDT/329 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTH UNIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEW TOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW TOWN...PARSHALL...MANDAREE...VAN HOOK PARK...4 BEARS LODGE... THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK NORTH UNIT...BELDEN... PARSHALL BAY RECREATION AREA...SKUNK CREEK BAY RECREATION AREA... POUCH POINT RECREATION AREA AND JOHNSONS CORNER. IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR LAKE SAKAKAWEA...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 4818 10235 4784 10201 4740 10319 4763 10339 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 232DEG 19KT 4778 10280 CJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mountrail | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Renville | 50 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.