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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 8, 2018Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2018, 3:03 AM MDT for Billings County, Golden Valley County, 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: Jul 8, 2018, 3:03 AM MDT (09:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2018, 3:45 AM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

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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: 2704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

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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 Jul 8, 3:02 AM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:02 AM MDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 7:17 PM MDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
817 PM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018

NDZ011>013-018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-090130-
Ward-McHenry-Pierce-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-
817 PM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 /717 PM MDT Sat Jul 7 2018/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota,
and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible overnight
over southwest and much of central North Dakota. Large hail to
golf ball size, damaging winds to 65 mph, and locally heavy rain
are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Dangerous heat is possible on Tuesday.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms Tuesday night. It is
too early to determine if these storms could be severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight across southwest and
central North Dakota.

NDZ001>005-009-010-017-090130-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-
McKenzie-
817 PM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 /717 PM MDT Sat Jul 7 2018/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota and northwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Dangerous heat is possible on Tuesday.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms Tuesday night. It is
too early to determine if these storms could be severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

CJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:37 AM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:42 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:32 AM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:03 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
Jul 7, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	52 min
Jul 7, 10:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	36 min
Jul 7, 10:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	62 min
Jul 7, 10:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	39 min
Jul 7, 11:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	67 min
Jul 7, 11:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	30 min
Jul 8, 12:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	43 min
Jul 8, 12:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	28 min
Jul 8, 12:17 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	38 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton	59 min
Jul 8, 1:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	62 min
Jul 8, 1:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	38 min
Jul 8, 2:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Pierce, Wells	54 min
Jul 8, 7:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	40 min
Jul 8, 7:51 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	39 min
Jul 8, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	65 min
Jul 8, 5:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey	35 min

Nearby

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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.