Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Bismarck, ND
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
TELKEN2 follow-up statements
271
WWUS53 KBIS 272355
SVSBIS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
655 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
NDC023-105-280015-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-210828T0015Z/
Williams ND-Divide ND-
655 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN DIVIDE COUNTIES...
At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Wildrose, or 14 miles south of Crosby, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Corinth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4858 10335 4863 10357 4890 10338 4877 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 215DEG 29KT 4871 10337
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TELKEN190
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
$$
TELKENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 52 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.