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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 2019Mountrail County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2019, 6:09 PM CDT for Mountrail County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2019, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Mountrail County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 6:03 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
207 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

NDZ009-017-031945-
McKenzie ND-Williams ND-
207 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT/145 PM MDT/...

At 207 PM CDT/107 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located near
Fort Union Trading Post, or 16 miles north of Sidney, moving east at
10 mph.

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

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

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 4808 10404 4816 10385 4787 10375 4785 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 253DEG 8KT 4795 10408

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
241 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

NDZ004-032015-
Bottineau ND-
241 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

At 241 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Souris, or 15
miles northwest of Bottineau, moving east at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Souris, Lake Metigoshe State Park, Carbury and Roth.

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 4891 10028 4886 10081 4900 10085 4900 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 255DEG 21KT 4895 10072

MJONES

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDT, 12 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
Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	17 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	49 min
Jun 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	38 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	50 min
Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	38 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	30 min
Jun 3, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	42 min
Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	46 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	44 min
Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	48 min
Jun 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.