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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 20214 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 9:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burke County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 8, 9:06 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:06 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
648 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-100000-
Divide-Williams-McKenzie-Dunn-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Slope-
Hettinger-Bowman-Adams-
648 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 /548 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North
Dakota and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There is a chance of severe thunderstorms today and tonight. Large
hail up to the size of tennis balls and damaging winds to 70 mph
will be possible. A tornado or two will also be possible. A Severe
Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect until 1 AM CDT/12 AM MDT. See
www.weather.gov/bismarck for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

There is a chance for thunderstorms with severe weather on
Thursday and Thursday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter are encouraged to contact the National Weather Service
with any severe weather reports.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-100000-
Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-
Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-
Stutsman-Grant-Sioux-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
648 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021 /548 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
and southeast North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected through tonight. An isolated strong to
severe storm is possible with wind gusts up to 60 mph and hail up
to the size of quarters.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

There is a chance for thunderstorms with severe weather on
Thursday and Thursday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter are encouraged to contact the National Weather Service
with any severe weather reports.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
808 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-090145-
McKenzie ND-Mountrail ND-Divide ND-Williams ND-Burke ND-
808 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BURKE...NORTHEASTERN
MCKENZIE...EASTERN WILLIAMS...WESTERN MOUNTRAIL AND SOUTHEASTERN
DIVIDE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

At 807 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles north of Wildrose to 17 miles south of Ray.
Movement was northeast at 55 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts to 50 mph will be possible with these
storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Wildrose around 810 PM CDT.
  Tioga around 830 PM CDT.
  Battleview around 845 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include White Tail Bay
Recreation Area, Hamlet, White Earth, Keene, Lewis And Clark State
Park, White Earth Bay Recreation Area, Wheelock, Mcgregor, Tobacco
Garden Bay Recreation Area and Charlson.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northwestern North Dakota.

LAT...LON 4900 10249 4793 10218 4783 10324 4868 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 195DEG 47KT 4870 10317 4811 10304

GALE

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:19 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:34 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	14 hr
Jun 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	65 min
Jun 8, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	43 min
Jun 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	37 min
Jun 8, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	20 min
Jun 8, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	38 min
Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	48 min
Jun 8, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	27 min
Jun 8, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	61 min
Jun 8, 11:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	5 hr
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	47 min
Jun 9, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark	59 min
Jun 9, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	47 min
Jun 9, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Sioux	23 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.