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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 2016Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 10:41 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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 9, 2016, 10:41 PM MDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3085 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
3085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
20.1

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 9:46 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:46 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 9:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-110345-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-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-
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 /935 PM MDT SAT JUL 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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. SCATTERED STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
EVENING...MAINLY WEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL. VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
ALL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

HEINERT

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:05 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:41 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1041 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ017-031-032-040-100530-
MCKENZIE-BILLINGS-GOLDEN VALLEY-SLOPE-
1041 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SLOPE...GOLDEN
VALLEY...WESTERN BILLINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 PM MDT...

AT 1040 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIBAUX TO BAKER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEACH...MARMARTH...MEDORA...GOLVA...SENTINEL BUTTE...TROTTERS...
PRETTY BUTTE...ALPHA AND THREE V CROSSING.

LAT...LON 4737 10404 4752 10339 4637 10334 4628 10392
      4628 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 231DEG 20KT 4706 10403 4638 10417

MATHEWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce47 min
Jul 9, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells44 min
Jul 9, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Sioux54 min
Jul 9, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells54 min
Jul 9, 7:20 PM MDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Wells25 min
Jul 9, 7:41 PM MDTTornado WarningBISFoster34 min
Jul 9, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells43 min
Jul 9, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux60 min
Jul 9, 8:11 PM MDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman34 min
Jul 9, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells46 min
Jul 9, 8:38 PM MDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells37 min
Jul 9, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells61 min
Jul 9, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux40 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells6 hr
Jul 9, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan41 min
Jul 9, 9:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells39 min
Jul 9, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman60 min
Jul 9, 10:00 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISStutsman6 hr
Jul 9, 10:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan, McIntosh40 min
Jul 9, 10:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure, Stutsman59 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings57 min
Jul 10, 12:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Stark58 min
Jul 10, 12:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark58 min
Jul 10, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan60 min
Jul 10, 3:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Kidder46 min
Jul 10, 5:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman63 min
Jul 10, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley38 min
Jul 10, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie56 min
Jul 10, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope62 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn64 min
Jul 10, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope50 min
Jul 10, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie42 min
Jul 10, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward53 min
Jul 10, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more51 min
Jul 10, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie41 min
Jul 10, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Billings, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer and 5 more54 min
Jul 10, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke31 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.