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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 23, 2022Burleigh County, Emmons County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2022, 7:34 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Emmons County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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: Aug 23, 2022, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 969 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Aug 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 6:44 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
528 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2022

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

0420 PM     HAIL             5 N BELFIELD            46.96N 103.20W
08/23/2022  E0.70 INCH       STARK              ND   PUBLIC

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL LASTED ABOUT 7
            MINUTES. REPORT RELAYED FROM BROADCAST
            MEDIA.

&&

ZH

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
528 PM CDT Tue Aug 23 2022

NDZ004-005-232300-
Bottineau ND-Rolette ND-
528 PM CDT Tue Aug 23 2022

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 525 PM CDT, thunderstorms were approaching the international
border toward Bottineau and Rolette counties, from Manitoba, Canada.
Movement was southeast at nearly 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 50 mph and nickel 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Lake Metigoshe State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4873 9953 4872 9949 4855 9949 4855 10041
      4863 10041 4863 10106 4854 10107 4900 10119
      4900 9953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 318DEG 13KT 4904 10043

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 23, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
537 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2022

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

0533 PM     HAIL             TURTLE LAKE             47.52N 100.89W
08/23/2022  E1.00 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THE CALL.

&&

RK

Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:51 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	35 min
Aug 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	3 hr

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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.