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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 5, 2021Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2021, 10:59 PM MDT for Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 5, 2021, 10:59 PM MDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2021, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 11:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Dickinson, ND	DICKINSON WARNING POINT REPORT.
Jun 5, 11:24 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Gladstone, ND	FACEBOOK REPORT OF PENNY SIZED HAIL IN GLADSTONE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 1639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

840 
WUUS53 KBIS 060459
SVRBIS
NDC025-089-060545-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0004.210606T0459Z-210606T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1059 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Dunn County in southwestern North Dakota...
  Central Stark County in southwestern North Dakota...

* Until 1145 PM MDT.

* At 1058 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Heart,
  or 9 miles west of Dickinson, moving northeast at 50 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 be near...
  Dickinson around 1110 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4663 10305 4685 10320 4715 10270 4709 10242
      4685 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 237DEG 45KT 4683 10298 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOLLAN

2 follow-up statements

852 
WWUS53 KBIS 060516
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1116 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

NDC025-089-060545-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210606T0545Z/
Dunn ND-Stark ND-
1116 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DUNN AND NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTIES...

At 1114 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dickinson,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Quarter size hail has been 
         reported near Dickinson.

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 south
central Dunn and northwestern Stark Counties, including the 
following locations... Gladstone, Taylor, Hirschville, New Hradec, 
and Dickinson Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4669 10285 4695 10303 4715 10270 4709 10242
      4685 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 235DEG 47KT 4692 10273 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOLLAN

867 
WWUS53 KBIS 060530
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1130 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

NDC025-089-060545-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210606T0545Z/
Dunn ND-Stark ND-
1130 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DUNN AND NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTIES...

At 1129 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 11 miles south of Manning to 9 miles northwest of
Taylor to 4 miles southeast of Gladstone, moving northeast at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Taylor around 1135 PM MDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Richardton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4676 10261 4706 10285 4715 10270 4709 10242
      4685 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 236DEG 45KT 4707 10271 4700 10256 4683 10249 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOLLAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams	50 min
Jun 5, 8:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	39 min
Jun 5, 9:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams	44 min
Jun 5, 9:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Mountrail, Stark	47 min
Jun 5, 10:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	37 min
Jun 5, 10:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	37 min
Jun 5, 10:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	34 min
Jun 5, 10:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	45 min
Jun 5, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	40 min
Jun 5, 11:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	35 min
Jun 5, 11:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver	62 min
Jun 5, 11:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	25 min
Jun 5, 11:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Stark	51 min
Jun 5, 11:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	47 min
Jun 6, 12:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	29 min
Jun 6, 12:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	33 min
Jun 6, 12:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Sheridan	40 min
Jun 6, 12:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	38 min
Jun 6, 1:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	28 min
Jun 6, 2:09 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 19 more	18 hr

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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.