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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 11, 2023McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2023, 4:59 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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 11, 2023, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2023, 5:39 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 11, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
359 PM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-122100-
McKenzie-Dunn-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Slope-Hettinger-Bowman-
Adams-
359 PM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023 /259 PM MDT Tue Jul 11 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North
Dakota and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9 PM MDT or 10 PM
CDT. The main hazards will be hail to the size of tennis balls and
wind gusts. See weather.gov/bis for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon and into the evening.
Call storm reports in to your National Weather Service, post them
to our online reporting page at www.weather.gov/bis, or to our
social media pages.

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-122100-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-
McHenry-Pierce-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Morton-
Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Grant-Sioux-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-
McIntosh-Dickey-
359 PM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023 /259 PM MDT Tue Jul 11 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
and southeast North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through tonight.
Widespread severe weather is not expected, but a few stronger
storms are possible this afternoon through tonight, mainly along
the Missouri River Valley.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 1:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
140 PM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023

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

0124 PM     Rain             2 ENE Grassy Butte      47.40N 103.21W
07/11/2023  M1.26 inch       McKenzie           ND   CO-OP Observer

&&

ALB

Local storm report, Jul 11, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
237 PM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023

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

0235 PM     Rain             14 NE Hebron            47.03N 101.83W
07/11/2023  M0.70 inch       Mercer             ND   Public

            Storm total. Relayed via broadcast media.

&&

ZH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	35 min
Jul 11, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bowman, Slope	55 min
Jul 11, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	63 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.