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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 19, 2021Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 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
May 19, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

253 
WWUS83 KBIS 192321
SPSBIS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
621 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021
 
NDZ037-200000-
Stutsman ND-
621 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STUTSMAN COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CDT...

At 621 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of
Cleveland, or 14 miles northeast of Medina, moving north at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland and Pingree. 

LAT...LON 4695 9889 4687 9913 4718 9928 4723 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 169DEG 10KT 4699 9903 

$$

HAMILTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan47 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder39 min
May 19, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder23 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder44 min
May 19, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder34 min
May 19, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster24 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells27 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons32 min

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.