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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 29, 2022Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2022, 10:23 PM CDT for Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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 29, 2022, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2022, 11:17 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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 29, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 1162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 29, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
711 PM MDT Wed Jun 29 2022

NDZ042-044-045-300145-
Grant ND-Sioux ND-Adams ND-
711 PM MDT Wed Jun 29 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX,
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
MDT...

At 710 PM MDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over North Lemmon,
or over Lemmon, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 55 mph and half inch 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 strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Thunder Hawk around 725 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
south central North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4594 10267 4604 10268 4619 10226 4618 10190
      4594 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 250DEG 18KT 4595 10210

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

MDJ

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:32 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:36 PM CDT, 47 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 29, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bowman	64 min
Jun 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	34 min
Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	51 min
Jun 29, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger	51 min
Jun 29, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	50 min
Jun 29, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	34 min
Jun 29, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	49 min
Jun 29, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh	50 min
Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	19 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.