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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 5, 2018McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2018, 9:28 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 5, 2018, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2018, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Aug 5, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:06 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
906 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

NDZ009-017-060230-
McKenzie ND-Williams ND-
906 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE
AND SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/...

At 906 PM CDT/806 PM MDT/, strong thunderstorms were clustered near
Fort Union Trading Post, or 17 miles north of Sidney, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Fairview, Fort Union Trading Post, East Fairview, Trenton, Cartwright
and Fort Buford State Historical Site.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek shelter
inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4816 10405 4818 10401 4811 10346 4767 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 322DEG 15KT 4797 10413

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
915 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

NDZ017-060245-
McKenzie ND-
915 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CDT/845 PM MDT/...

At 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located 11 miles
east of Sidney, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sather 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 4768 10404 4780 10389 4755 10333 4733 10371
      4733 10381 4759 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 296DEG 10KT 4766 10392

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
928 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

NDZ009-017-060315-
McKenzie ND-Williams ND-
928 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT/915 PM MDT/...

At 928 PM CDT/828 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located near
East Fairview, or 14 miles north of Sidney, moving southeast at 15
mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fairview, Alexander, Fort Union Trading Post, East Fairview, Trenton,
Cartwright, Fort Buford State Historical Site and Charbonneau.

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 4811 10404 4802 10327 4759 10397 4767 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 315DEG 12KT 4791 10405

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	24 min
Aug 5, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	30 min
Aug 5, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	40 min
Aug 5, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	43 min
Aug 6, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	39 min
Aug 6, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	42 min
Aug 6, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	50 min
Aug 6, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.