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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 13, 2022McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2022, 8:57 PM CDT for McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 13, 2022, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McLean County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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
Jun 13, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 495 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 30.2

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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 Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
538 PM CDT Mon Jun 13 2022

NDZ017-018-032-132315-
McKenzie ND-Billings ND-Dunn ND-
538 PM CDT Mon Jun 13 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN DUNN,
NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTIES THROUGH 615
PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...

At 537 PM CDT/437 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located near
Grassy Butte, or 19 miles west of Killdeer, moving northeast at 45
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 50 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Dunn,
northeastern Billings and south central McKenzie Counties, including
the following locations... Oakdale and Fairfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4785 10310 4738 10256 4706 10334 4746 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 228DEG 41KT 4735 10317

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

HARGROVE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
610 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2022

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

0609 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SW GRASSY BUTTE       47.38N 103.28W
06/13/2022  M1.25 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JJA

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:21 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDT, 5 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
Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	28 min
Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	61 min
Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward	58 min
Jun 13, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan	66 min
Jun 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	37 min
Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	66 min
Jun 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	34 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Foster, Wells	47 min
Jun 14, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	44 min
Jun 14, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey	64 min
Jun 14, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	LaMoure	70 min
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 24 more	34 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.