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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 2019Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2019-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2019-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Jun 7, 3:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman41 min
Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant41 min
Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh63 min
Jun 8, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux49 min
Jun 8, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSheridan46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2019Every 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.