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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2019, 8:29 PM CDT for Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2019, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2019, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Foster County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
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 7, 8:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 351 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019 NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-082100- Rolette-Pierce-Wells-Foster-Kidder-Stutsman-Logan-La Moure- McIntosh-Dickey- 351 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, south central North Dakota, and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Wind Advisory is in effect this afternoon and early evening. See www.weather.gov/bis for additional details. Thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through tonight. Some storms may be severe, especially from southwest into central North Dakota. The main threats will be large hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds up to 70 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Thunderstorms are possible across all but northwest North Dakota Saturday morning and afternoon. Severe weather is not anticipated. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon through tonight. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-082100- Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry- McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Golden Valley- Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams- Sioux-Emmons- 351 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019 /251 PM MDT Fri Jun 7 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through tonight. Some storms may be severe, especially from southwest into central North Dakota. The main threats will be large hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds up to 70 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Thunderstorms are possible across all but northwest North Dakota Saturday morning and afternoon. Severe weather is not anticipated. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon through tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:59 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 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.