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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 10, 2023Bottineau County, Renville County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2023, 6:08 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 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 10, 2023, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Renville County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 480 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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 464 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 Aug 10, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:21 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

NDZ002-102300-
Burke ND-
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN BURKE COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 520 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lignite, or 32
miles east of Crosby, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 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.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Lignite and Flaxton around 525 PM CDT.
  Bowbells around 535 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 10209 4881 10210 4880 10215 4872 10216
      4872 10223 4865 10223 4864 10224 4887 10267
      4900 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 293DEG 26KT 4890 10258

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TELKEN

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:31 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
531 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

NDZ051-102300-
Dickey ND-
531 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN DICKEY
COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 530 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fullerton, or 8
miles northeast of Ellendale, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 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.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Fullerton around 535 PM CDT.
  Oakes around 545 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southeastern North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4599 9851 4621 9861 4629 9818 4628 9801
      4602 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 242DEG 29KT 4611 9842

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TELKEN

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
555 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

NDZ002>004-011-102345-
Bottineau ND-Ward ND-Renville ND-Burke ND-
555 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WARD, WEST
CENTRAL BOTTINEAU, NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN BURKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 554 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of
Bowbells, or 40 miles north of Stanley, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 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...
  Mohall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4893 10136 4858 10153 4876 10215 4879 10225
      4900 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 285DEG 29KT 4887 10208

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TELKEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	45 min
Aug 10, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	39 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	29 min
Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	50 min
Aug 10, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	38 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.