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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 7, 2021Billings County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 1:31 AM MDT for Billings County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 7, 2021, 1:31 AM MDT (07:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 2:15 AM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
40

County Billings County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

511 
WWUS83 KBIS 070731
SPSBIS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 AM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
NDZ018-032-033-070815-
Stark ND-Billings ND-Dunn ND-
131 AM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Dunn,
central Billings and northwestern Stark Counties through 215 AM
MDT...

At 130 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Belfield to 8 miles
northeast of Medora. Movement was northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Belfield around 135 AM MDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include South Fairfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4713 10276 4720 10334 4698 10361 4686 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 244DEG 10KT 4697 10313 4701 10342 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

MJONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark52 min
Aug 7, 5:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISHettinger44 min
Aug 7, 7:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISAdams35 min
Aug 7, 8:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant35 min
Aug 7, 1:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISGrant, Morton, Sioux3 hr
Aug 7, 3:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISSioux3 hr
Aug 7, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey33 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.