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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 30, 2021Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2021, 4:16 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2021, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 4:55 PM CDTHAIL 212 Ese Almont, NDPHOTO RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 30, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WUUS53 KBIS 302116
SVRBIS
NDC059-302215-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0155.210830T2116Z-210830T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
416 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Morton County in south central North Dakota...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Fish Creek Dam, or 16 miles southwest of Mandan, moving
  southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Anthony.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4672 10134 4682 10102 4657 10072 4642 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 330DEG 5KT 4665 10111 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CJS
1 follow-up statement
948 
WWUS53 KBIS 302148
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

NDC059-302215-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210830T2215Z/
Morton ND-
448 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY...

At 447 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Fish Creek Dam, or 17 miles southwest of Mandan, and is nearly 
stationary. A second severe thunderstorm was located just southwest 
of Fish Creek Dam, and was moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Fish Creek Dam and St. Anthony. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4672 10134 4682 10102 4657 10072 4642 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 334DEG 4KT 4663 10111 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISOliver24 min
Aug 30, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver36 min
Aug 30, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISOliver47 min
Aug 30, 11:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISOliver3 hr
Aug 30, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISOliver3 hr
Aug 30, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver47 min
Aug 30, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver47 min
Aug 30, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver43 min
Aug 30, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISMorton, Oliver63 min
Aug 30, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver61 min
Aug 30, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBISMorton58 min
Aug 30, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISMorton60 min
Aug 30, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean42 min
Aug 30, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger58 min
Aug 30, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton47 min
Aug 30, 4:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMorton3 hr
Aug 30, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISGrant, Morton60 min
Aug 30, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver47 min
Aug 30, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBISAdams, Hettinger61 min
Aug 30, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer47 min
Aug 30, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton38 min
Aug 30, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBISGrant, Morton, Sioux58 min
Aug 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISAdams60 min
Aug 30, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.