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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2024, 8:49 PM CDT for McLean County, Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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 12, 2024, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2024, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
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 12, 8:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 8:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 643 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-132345- Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-Ward- McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells- Foster-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder- Stutsman-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Sioux-Emmons-Logan- La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 643 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024 /543 PM MDT Fri Jul 12 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight Isolated severe storms are possible through tonight. The main hazards will be hail to the size of quarters and winds up to 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible late Saturday afternoon and into the night. The main hazards will be hail to the size of golf balls and damaging winds to 70 mph. A tornado or two are possible northwest. More isolated to scattered severe storms are possible on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
557 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM Hail 7 S Palermo 48.24N 102.23W
07/12/2024 M1.75 Inch Mountrail ND Emergency Mngr
&&Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
622 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM Hail 8 NW Plaza 48.12N 102.06W
07/12/2024 M1.75 Inch Mountrail ND Emergency Mngr
&&Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
628 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024
NDZ010-011-130000-
Mountrail ND-Ward ND-
628 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL WARD AND EAST
CENTRAL MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM CDT...
At 628 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Makoti, or 27 miles southwest of Minot, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Plaza, Makoti, and Ryder.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4812 10144 4785 10167 4785 10175 4803 10208
4818 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 298DEG 24KT 4804 10181
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BESSONLocal storm report, Jul 12, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Ward | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 16 min |
| Jul 13, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 6:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 35 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.