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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 20226 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2022, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 18, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 12:51 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:51 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 11:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1156 PM CDT Mon Jul 18 2022

NDZ048-051-190530-
La Moure ND-Dickey ND-
1156 PM CDT Mon Jul 18 2022

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAMOURE
AND EASTERN DICKEY COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM CDT...

At 1155 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles north of Verona to near Elm Lake. Movement was
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 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...
  Verona around 1200 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Ellendale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9821 4594 9876 4595 9876 4623 9850
      4645 9803 4629 9804 4628 9801 4624 9800
      4601 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 257DEG 14KT 4645 9805 4589 9874

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

ANGLIN

Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1211 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1205 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 N RAY                 48.40N 103.17W
07/19/2022  M63 MPH          WILLIAMS           ND   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 327380 3 N RAY (NDAWN). 3
            METER WIND 60 MPH, 10 METER WIND 63 MPH.

&&

MEJ

Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1245 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1208 AM     HAIL             3 S RAY                 48.30N 103.17W
07/19/2022  M1.75 INCH       WILLIAMS           ND   PUBLIC

            RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA. REPORT OF
            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

&&

MEJ

Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:00 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
100 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     HAIL             7 WSW LOSTWOOD          48.43N 102.56W
07/19/2022  E1.25 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. PHOTO OF
            HAILSTONE APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A HALF
            DOLLAR.

&&

MEJ

Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:02 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
102 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1109 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW BOWBELLS           48.79N 102.27W
07/18/2022  M58 MPH          BURKE              ND   MESONET

            US AIR FORCE WEATHER STATION 1.5 SW OF
            BOWBELLS.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 8:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	23 min
Jul 18, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Divide, Williams	56 min
Jul 18, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	37 min
Jul 18, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, Williams	62 min
Jul 18, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	29 min
Jul 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	34 min
Jul 18, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	58 min
Jul 18, 11:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke	24 min
Jul 18, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	41 min
Jul 18, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Renville, Ward	38 min
Jul 18, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	34 min
Jul 18, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Williams	61 min
Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	60 min
Jul 19, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	37 min
Jul 19, 2:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 10 more	17 hr
Jul 19, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	33 min
Jul 19, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	30 min
Jul 19, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	32 min
Jul 19, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	40 min
Jul 19, 4:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	34 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.