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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 4, 2016Foster County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT for Foster County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Foster County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2016-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 4, 5:03 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 5:03 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:08 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
450 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDZ047-048-042215-
LA MOURE ND-LOGAN ND-
450 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND WESTERN
LAMOURE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 450 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF KULM...OR 19 MILES WEST OF EDGELEY...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDGELEY...JUD AND FREDONIA.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4629 9918 4646 9926 4662 9878 4637 9865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 250DEG 36KT 4640 9912

ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
455 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDZ050-042215-
MCINTOSH ND-
455 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 454 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEHR...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLEY...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MCINTOSH COUNTY.

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

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4610 9941 4628 9934 4628 9900 4600 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 287DEG 26KT 4617 9928

ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
549 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDZ025-042330-
FOSTER ND-
549 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FOSTER COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 549 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GRACE CITY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENFIELD...GRACE CITY...MCHENRY AND JUANITA.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4736 9850 4748 9901 4759 9896 4759 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 275DEG 31KT 4759 9882

ABELING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville, Ward56 min
Jul 3, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh, Morton, Oliver38 min
Jul 3, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard33 min
Jul 3, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh, Kidder, Morton63 min
Jul 3, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville27 min
Jul 3, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder, Logan61 min
Jul 3, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster, LaMoure, Stutsman54 min
Jul 4, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville30 min
Jul 4, 8:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville35 min
Jul 4, 9:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau, McHenry65 min
Jul 4, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau26 min
Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau49 min
Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Rolette61 min
Jul 4, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce41 min
Jul 4, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Pierce67 min
Jul 4, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons36 min
Jul 4, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan16 min
Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan24 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan29 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan29 min
Jul 4, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan24 min
Jul 4, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure25 min
Jul 4, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcIntosh20 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey22 min
Jul 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey42 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman18 min
Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster45 min
Jul 4, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman19 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.