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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 1, 2023Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2023, 6:09 PM MDT for Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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 1, 2023, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2023, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Aug 1, 2:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 2418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 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 1, 3:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
331 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023

NDZ001-002-009>011-017>022-031>035-040>044-022045-
Divide-Burke-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-
McLean-Sheridan-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-
Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-
331 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 /231 PM MDT Tue Aug 1 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across western and
portions of central North Dakota, mainly along and west of the
Highway 83 corridor. The main hazards will be large hail up to
2 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters may be needed.

NDZ023-025-036-037-045>048-050-051-022045-
Wells-Foster-Kidder-Stutsman-Sioux-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-
Dickey-
331 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 /231 PM MDT Tue Aug 1 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across south central
North Dakota into the James River Valley this afternoon into this
evening. The main hazards will be large hail up to ping pong ball
size and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters may be needed.

NDZ003>005-012-013-022045-
Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-McHenry-Pierce-
331 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of
north central North Dakota this afternoon int this evening. The
main hazards will be large hail up to quarter size and damaging
wind gusts up to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters may be needed on a limited basis.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 5:27 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 5:36 PM MDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 5:39 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:04 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:08 PM MDT, 1 minute 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 1, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	59 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McLean, Mercer	59 min
Aug 1, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Stutsman	66 min
Aug 1, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Stark	74 min
Aug 1, 7:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	56 min
Aug 1, 7:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	6 hr
Aug 1, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	6 hr
Aug 1, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Stark	26 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	65 min
Aug 1, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	59 min
Aug 1, 8:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh	24 min
Aug 1, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark	78 min
Aug 1, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	66 min
Aug 1, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Morton, Oliver	52 min
Aug 1, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	58 min
Aug 1, 9:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	56 min
Aug 1, 10:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	41 min
Aug 1, 10:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	47 min
Aug 1, 11:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.