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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 9, 2021Dickey County, North Dakota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
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

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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 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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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.

&&

NJH
Special 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.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey16 min

Nearby

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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.