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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 12, 2024Adams County, Grant County, Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2024, 8:13 PM MDT for Adams County, Grant County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 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, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2024, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 12, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2024-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4053 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2024-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 Jul 12, 7:20 PM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:20 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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, 6:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:55 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 6:03 PM MDTTornado WarningBISDunn27 min
Jul 12, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Pierce, Ward63 min
Jul 12, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDunn62 min
Jul 12, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells60 min
Jul 12, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver56 min
Jul 12, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver48 min
Jul 12, 8:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux43 min
Jul 12, 9:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton49 min
Jul 12, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams65 min
Jul 12, 11:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure36 min
Jul 12, 11:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey16 min
Jul 13, 1:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward54 min
Jul 13, 1:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcIntosh36 min
Jul 13, 5:37 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcHenry, Pierce53 min
Jul 13, 7:39 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcHenry36 min
Jul 13, 8:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce35 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.