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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2021Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 8, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 8, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:14 AM CDT, 59 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 7, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	67 min
Jun 7, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	31 min
Jun 7, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	32 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman	44 min
Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	52 min
Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	25 min
Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	64 min
Jun 7, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	38 min
Jun 7, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	48 min
Jun 7, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	39 min
Jun 7, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	49 min
Jun 7, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	39 min
Jun 8, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	28 min
Jun 8, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 8, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	37 min
Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	33 min
Jun 8, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	34 min
Jun 8, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	28 min
Jun 8, 3:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	4 hr
Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	60 min
Jun 8, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	59 min
Jun 8, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	63 min
Jun 8, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	60 min
Jun 8, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	66 min
Jun 8, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	38 min
Jun 8, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	55 min
Jun 8, 8:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	43 min
Jun 8, 8:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	41 min
Jun 8, 10:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	39 min
Jun 8, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	46 min
Jun 8, 11:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Kidder	3 hr
Jun 8, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	33 min
Jun 8, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Kidder, LaMoure, Stutsman	4 hr
Jun 8, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	55 min
Jun 8, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder	52 min
Jun 8, 12:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons	3 hr
Jun 8, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	61 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder	2 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	60 min
Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Kidder	2 hr
Jun 8, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	62 min
Jun 8, 3:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	60 min
Jun 8, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder	6 hr
Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	10 hr
Jun 8, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	34 min
Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	49 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	40 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	32 min
Jun 8, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Sioux	10 hr
Jun 8, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	58 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.