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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 1, 20189 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2018, 1:03 AM MDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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 1, 2018, 1:03 AM MDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2018, 1:45 AM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 Jun 1, 12:01 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:01 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 9:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 9:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 11:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 11:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:03 AM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	60 min
May 31, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	63 min
May 31, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton, Oliver	43 min
May 31, 7:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Hettinger	2 hr
May 31, 7:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	48 min
May 31, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	58 min
May 31, 7:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	27 min
May 31, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	50 min
May 31, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	49 min
May 31, 8:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	50 min
May 31, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	47 min
May 31, 9:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	52 min
May 31, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	44 min
May 31, 10:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	42 min
May 31, 11:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	38 min
May 31, 11:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn, Stark	46 min
Jun 1, 1:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	40 min
Jun 1, 1:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	51 min
Jun 1, 1:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	47 min
Jun 1, 1:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	44 min
Jun 1, 1:57 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	48 min
Jun 1, 2:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	47 min
Jun 1, 5:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	43 min
Jun 1, 5:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	64 min
Jun 1, 12:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	46 min
Jun 1, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn, Mountrail	45 min
Jun 1, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	25 min
Jun 1, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	21 min
Jun 1, 2:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke	6 hr
Jun 1, 2:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	25 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, McKenzie	53 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McKenzie	30 min
Jun 1, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	59 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	38 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	35 min
Jun 1, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	61 min
Jun 1, 4:33 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	27 min
Jun 1, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	57 min
Jun 1, 4:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	23 min
Jun 1, 4:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	36 min
Jun 1, 4:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mountrail	34 min
Jun 1, 4:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	33 min
Jun 1, 5:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	28 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	38 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	61 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	31 min
Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	13 min
Jun 1, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward	60 min
Jun 1, 5:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Mercer	30 min
Jun 1, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Ward	63 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.