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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 1:04 AM MDT for Golden Valley 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 31, 2016, 1:04 AM MDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 1:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
County Golden Valley County, ND
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 234 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 31, 12:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-010600- WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ002>005-010>013-019>022-034-035-042-045-046-010600- BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 /1146 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-010600- DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 /1146 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM EASTERN MONTANA. THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS PLENTY OF LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JV
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:04 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 104 AM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NDZ017-031-032-310745- MCKENZIE ND-BILLINGS ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND- 104 AM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY... NORTHWESTERN BILLINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM MDT... AT 104 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF SKAAR...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF WIBAUX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SKAAR AND TROTTERS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && LAT...LON 4749 10404 4734 10335 4688 10368 4711 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 296DEG 29KT 4729 10403 ABELING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 3:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 4:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 6:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mountrail | 52 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.