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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 3, 2021Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2021, 6:59 AM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 3, 2021, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Burleigh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2021-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 Jul 3, 6:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
425 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-040930-
Divide-Burke-Williams-Mountrail-McKenzie-Dunn-Golden Valley-
Billings-Stark-Slope-Hettinger-Bowman-Adams-
425 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021 /325 AM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible across central North
Dakota, mainly along and east of the Highway 83 corridor. The
main hazards will be large hail up to quarter size and damaging
wind gusts up to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-040930-
Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-Mercer-Oliver-
McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-
Grant-Sioux-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
425 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021 /325 AM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms are possible across western North Dakota
early this morning, and again late this afternoon into the early
evening. Severe weather is not anticipated at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters may be needed on a limited basis.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:24 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
624 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NDZ034-035-031200-
Morton ND-Burleigh ND-
624 AM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

At 620 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Mandan, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bismarck, Mandan, Lincoln, Mcdowell Dam Recreation Area, Fort Abraham
Lincoln State Park and University Of Mary.

LAT...LON 4667 10098 4677 10109 4701 10080 4675 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 230DEG 18KT 4676 10091

GALE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:59 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh36 min
Jul 3, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette24 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette30 min
Jul 3, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder30 min
Jul 3, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan31 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder30 min
Jul 3, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman66 min
Jul 3, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, Stutsman65 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2021Every 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.