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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 26, 2021Adams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 2:00 AM MDT for Adams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2021, 2:00 AM MDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2021, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Adams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2021-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 25, 11:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 11:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1226 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NDZ017>021-031>035-040>044-270530-
McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-
Morton-Burleigh-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-
1226 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021 /1126 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Rest of Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Heat index values exceeding 100 degrees are possible Tuesday
afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NDZ001>005-009>013-022-023-025-036-037-270530-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-
McHenry-Pierce-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Kidder-Stutsman-
1226 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 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...Rest of Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NDZ047-048-050-051-270530-
Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
1226 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast North
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Rest of Tonight

There is a chance of thunderstorms overnight tonight. A few
thunderstorms may become strong with small hail possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NDZ045-046-270530-
Sioux-Emmons-
1226 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021 /1126 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Rest of Tonight

There is a chance of thunderstorms overnight tonight. A few
thunderstorms may become strong with small hail possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Heat index values exceeding 100 degrees are possible Tuesday
afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

ZH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1059 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

NDZ048-260445-
La Moure ND-
1059 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM CDT...

At 1059 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
of Marion, or 26 miles north of Oakes, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Verona.

LAT...LON 4644 9833 4663 9831 4663 9804 4635 9803
      4635 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 283DEG 14KT 4651 9820

MJONES
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:00 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
200 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NDZ042-044-045-260830-
Grant ND-Sioux ND-Adams ND-
200 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTHWESTERN
GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM MDT...

At 200 AM MDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of
North Lemmon, or 11 miles north of Lemmon, moving east at 25 mph.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Sioux,
southwestern Grant and southeastern Adams Counties.

LAT...LON 4599 10231 4616 10232 4621 10189 4596 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 267DEG 23KT 4611 10217

HARGROVE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 9:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure46 min
Jul 26, 3:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux32 min
Jul 26, 1:05 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 14 more31 hr
Jul 26, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Logan, Stutsman33 min

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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.