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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 4, 2016Dickey County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 8:41 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Dickey County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 783 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
783 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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, 7:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 7:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 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
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
552 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

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

0541 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WNW FORBES            45.96N 98.83W
07/04/2016  E60 MPH          DICKEY             ND   PUBLIC

            POWER IS OUT; HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE. .

&&

NWS BISMARCK ND
IRIS SYSTEM
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
557 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDZ037-042315-
STUTSMAN ND-
557 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL STUTSMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF BUCHANAN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...SPIRITWOOD LAKE...BUCHANAN AND SPIRITWOOD.

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 4695 9904 4714 9904 4718 9849 4685 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 275DEG 31KT 4705 9895

ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey11 min
Jul 5, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie44 min
Jul 5, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie49 min
Jul 5, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDunn33 min
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWard25 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWard36 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau26 min
Jul 5, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau24 min
Jul 5, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce45 min
Jul 5, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce36 min
Jul 5, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce17 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.