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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 27, 2020Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2020, 10:10 PM CDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2020, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2020, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Mercer County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2020-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2020-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

319 
WWUS83 KBIS 280310
SPSBIS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1010 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
 
NDZ018>020-033-034-280345-
Oliver ND-Stark ND-Mercer ND-Morton ND-Dunn ND-
1010 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN...NORTHWESTERN
MORTON...NORTHEASTERN STARK...SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER AND SOUTHWESTERN
MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/...

At 1010 PM CDT/910 PM MDT/, strong thunderstorms were clustered along
a line extending from 10 miles south of Beulah to 6 miles west of
Hebron to 5 miles east of Dickinson. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts to 50 mph will be possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Glen Ullin, Hebron, Richardton, Gladstone, Taylor and Marshall. 

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT/100 AM
MDT/ for south central and southwestern North Dakota.

LAT...LON 4703 10138 4682 10172 4674 10246 4697 10279
      4727 10200 4720 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 287DEG 27KT 4711 10179 4687 10217 4688 10268 

$$

EDWARDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger50 min
Aug 27, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville48 min
Aug 27, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Hettinger, Morton40 min
Aug 27, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams43 min
Aug 27, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton22 min
Aug 27, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie52 min
Aug 27, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams20 min
Aug 27, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail24 min
Aug 27, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley17 min
Aug 27, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark29 min
Aug 27, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley, Mountrail27 min
Aug 27, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSlope34 min
Aug 27, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWard28 min
Aug 27, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark43 min
Aug 27, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton34 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.