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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 27, 2021Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2021, 6:43 PM CDT for Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 18 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, 2021, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

652 
WUUS53 KBIS 272343
SVRBIS
NDC023-105-280015-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0143.210827T2343Z-210828T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
643 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Williams County in northwestern North Dakota...
  Southeastern Divide County in northwestern North Dakota...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Alamo, or 21
  miles south of Crosby, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Williams and southeastern Divide Counties, including
  the following locations... Corinth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4852 10345 4859 10360 4890 10338 4877 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 215DEG 29KT 4862 10346 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TELKEN
2 follow-up statements
271 
WWUS53 KBIS 272355
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
655 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NDC023-105-280015-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-210828T0015Z/
Williams ND-Divide ND-
655 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN DIVIDE COUNTIES...

At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Wildrose, or 14 miles south of Crosby, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Corinth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4858 10335 4863 10357 4890 10338 4877 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 215DEG 29KT 4871 10337 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TELKEN
190 
WWUS53 KBIS 280001
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
701 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NDC023-105-280010-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-210828T0015Z/
Williams ND-Divide ND-
701 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS AND
SOUTHEASTERN DIVIDE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4858 10335 4863 10357 4890 10338 4877 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 215DEG 29KT 4875 10333 

$$

TELKEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams47 min
Aug 27, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie52 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.