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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 3, 2016Dunn County, North Dakota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
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

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The text

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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 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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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

HEINERT
Special 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope55 min
Jul 2, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley49 min
Jul 3, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie60 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISHettinger33 min
Jul 3, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer64 min
Jul 3, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail42 min
Jul 3, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant25 min
Jul 3, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer66 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mountrail64 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer, Oliver60 min
Jul 3, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant25 min
Jul 3, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant27 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver61 min
Jul 3, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant28 min
Jul 3, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.