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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2017, 6:44 PM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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 24, 2017, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
County Bowman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1098 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
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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 24, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 605 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 NDZ043-250045- Bowman ND- 605 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT... At 605 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles north of Ludlow, or 12 miles south of Bowman, moving east at 25 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Scranton, Gascoyne, Bowman Haley Dam and Buffalo Springs. 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 4595 10345 4613 10343 4625 10300 4595 10300 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 267DEG 21KT 4600 10334 ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:09 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 709 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 NDZ010-011-021-250045- Mountrail ND-Ward ND-McLean ND- 709 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL WARD...NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 709 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Roseglen, or 27 miles northwest of Garrison, moving northeast at 40 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Makoti and Ryder. 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 4774 10197 4785 10208 4812 10168 4789 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 235DEG 35KT 4785 10192 ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:40 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 740 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 NDZ011-250130- Ward ND- 740 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... At 739 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles west of Rice Lake, or 22 miles southwest of Minot, moving northeast at 30 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Southern Minot, Burlington, Ryder and Rice Lake. 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 4789 10165 4801 10181 4831 10140 4811 10116 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 229DEG 27KT 4800 10165 ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:43 PM MDT, 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 643 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 NDZ043-250100- Bowman ND- 643 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT... At 643 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles northeast of Ludlow, or 16 miles southeast of Bowman, moving east at 25 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bowman Haley Dam. 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 4594 10336 4604 10336 4603 10302 4595 10301 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 268DEG 20KT 4596 10325 ABELING
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 644 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 NDZ043-044-250115- Adams ND-Bowman ND- 644 PM MDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BOWMAN AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT... At 644 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Scranton, or 14 miles east of Bowman, moving east at 25 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Scranton, Reeder and Gascoyne. 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 4607 10323 4619 10323 4623 10284 4604 10282 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 268DEG 20KT 4611 10312 ABELING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 24, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 17 min |
| Jul 24, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 9:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McLean | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 9:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 10:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 10:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 5:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 46 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.