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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2021Grant County, Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 11:43 PM MDT for Grant County, Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 8, 2021, 11:43 PM MDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

470 
WUUS53 KBIS 090543
SVRBIS
NDC037-059-085-090630-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0049.210609T0543Z-210609T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1243 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Sioux County in south central North Dakota...
  South central Morton County in south central North Dakota...
  Grant County in south central North Dakota...

* Until 130 AM CDT/1230 AM MDT/.

* At 1243 AM CDT/1143 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 14
  miles south of Carson, or 15 miles southeast of Elgin, moving
  northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Carson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4599 10200 4627 10200 4671 10185 4669 10172
      4663 10171 4663 10130 4662 10111 4637 10122
      4596 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 203DEG 39KT 4622 10166 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MJONES
2 follow-up statements
333 
WWUS53 KBIS 090609
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
109 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NDC037-059-085-090630-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210609T0630Z/
Sioux ND-Morton ND-Grant ND-
109 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM
CDT/1230 AM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTH CENTRAL MORTON AND
GRANT COUNTIES...

At 109 AM CDT/1209 AM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles
south of Carson, or 15 miles east of Elgin, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Elgin, Carson, Flasher, Heart Butte Dam, Lark, Raleigh, Leith, Heil
and St. Gertrude.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4601 10190 4625 10191 4662 10188 4663 10171
      4663 10130 4662 10111 4637 10122 4596 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 203DEG 37KT 4635 10152 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MJONES
834 
WWUS53 KBIS 090627
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NDC037-059-085-090636-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210609T0630Z/
Sioux ND-Morton ND-Grant ND-
127 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTH
CENTRAL MORTON AND GRANT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT/1230 AM
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.

LAT...LON 4601 10190 4625 10191 4662 10188 4663 10171
      4663 10130 4662 10111 4637 10122 4596 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 203DEG 39KT 4652 10142 

$$

MJONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 6:00 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISGrant, Morton14 hr
Jun 8, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie65 min
Jun 8, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley43 min
Jun 8, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke, Mountrail37 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie20 min
Jun 8, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, McKenzie38 min
Jun 8, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDunn48 min
Jun 8, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward41 min
Jun 8, 9:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark27 min
Jun 8, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams61 min
Jun 8, 10:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISHettinger, Stark5 hr
Jun 8, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux47 min
Jun 8, 11:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark59 min
Jun 9, 7:37 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISMorton, Sioux23 hr

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.