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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2021Billings County, Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 7:22 PM MDT for Billings County, Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2021, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Billings County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 8, 7:45 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Fairfield, ND	REPORTS TREES DOWN AT RESIDENCE. REPORTS NEIGHBOR MACHINE SHED DESTROYED. ALSO REPORTS POWER POLES SNAPPED AND POWER OUTAGES.
Jun 8, 7:50 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 70	6 N Fairfield, ND	ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS KNOCKED OVER A FEW TREES.

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 8, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

976 
WUUS53 KBIS 090122
SVRBIS
NDC007-025-053-090200-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0045.210609T0122Z-210609T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
722 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Dunn County in southwestern North Dakota...
  North central Billings County in southwestern North Dakota...
  South central McKenzie County in northwestern North Dakota...

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 721 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
  of South Fairfield, or 30 miles west of Killdeer, moving north at
  25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Grassy Butte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4712 10326 4717 10352 4754 10341 4746 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 195DEG 21KT 4723 10336 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GALE

2 follow-up statements

168 
WWUS53 KBIS 090135
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
735 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NDC007-025-053-090200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210609T0200Z/
Dunn ND-Billings ND-McKenzie ND-
735 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL DUNN...NORTH CENTRAL BILLINGS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MCKENZIE COUNTIES...

At 735 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Grassy Butte, or 27 miles west of Killdeer, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
  Grassy Butte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4714 10324 4720 10342 4754 10341 4746 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 197DEG 19KT 4726 10332 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GALE

352 
WWUS53 KBIS 090155
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
755 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NDC007-025-053-090204-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210609T0200Z/
Dunn ND-Billings ND-McKenzie ND-
755 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DUNN...NORTH
CENTRAL BILLINGS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However 
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
southwestern and northwestern North Dakota.

LAT...LON 4714 10324 4720 10342 4754 10341 4746 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 195DEG 21KT 4736 10328 

$$

GALE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 6:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	14 hr
Jun 8, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	65 min
Jun 8, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	43 min
Jun 8, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	37 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	20 min
Jun 8, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	48 min
Jun 8, 8:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	41 min
Jun 8, 9:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	27 min
Jun 8, 10:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	61 min
Jun 8, 10:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	5 hr
Jun 8, 10:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	47 min
Jun 8, 11:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark	59 min
Jun 8, 11:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	47 min
Jun 9, 7:37 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Sioux	23 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.