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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2021, 5:27 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 9, 2021, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Dickey County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 9, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 233 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021 NDZ037-046>048-050-051-101945- Stutsman-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 233 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Widespread showers with scattered thunderstorms are expected today. A few thunderstorms could be strong to severe with heavy rainfall and hail up to the size of quarters being the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ003>005-010>013-017>023-025-031>036-040>045-101945- Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie- Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Golden Valley- Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-Slope-Hettinger-Grant- Bowman-Adams-Sioux- 233 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021 /133 PM MDT Sat Oct 9 2021/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Widespread showers with scattered thunderstorms are expected today. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ001-002-009-101945- Divide-Burke-Williams- 233 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 9, 1:27 PM CDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
127 PM CDT SAT OCT 9 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 S MANDAN 46.77N 100.88W
10/09/2021 M1.03 INCH MORTON ND NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORT FROM RETIRED NWS BISMARCK EMPLOYEE.
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NJHSpecial weather statement, Oct 9, 5:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
527 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021
NDZ051-092300-
Dickey ND-
527 PM CDT Sat Oct 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN DICKEY
COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 527 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Ellendale, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Ludden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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LAT...LON 4594 9853 4615 9862 4625 9801 4594 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 252DEG 21KT 4596 9838
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
HARGROVEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 16 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.