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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 10, 2017Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2017, 2:21 AM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 10, 2017, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2017, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

188 
WWUS83 KBIS 100721
SPSBIS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
221 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

NDZ022-023-035>037-100800-
Wells-Kidder-Stutsman-Burleigh-Sheridan-
221 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WELLS...
SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...NORTHERN KIDDER...NORTHEASTERN BURLEIGH AND
WESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

At 220 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Wing, or 21
miles south of Mcclusky, moving east at 65 mph.

Wind gusts to 55 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wing, Tuttle, Pettibone, Robinson, Lake Williams and Arena. 

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 4706 10043 4729 10050 4747 9951 4711 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 256DEG 56KT 4718 10031 

$$

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	15 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	59 min
Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	37 min
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	61 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	55 min
Jun 9, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	37 min
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	46 min
Jun 10, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	28 min
Jun 10, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Stark	57 min
Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	57 min
Jun 10, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	30 min
Jun 10, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	43 min
Jun 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	27 min
Jun 10, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	26 min
Jun 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan	51 min
Jun 10, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	53 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.