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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2024, 8:56 PM MDT for Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 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, 8:56 PM MDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2024, 9:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, ND, Sioux County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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, 7:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 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, 7:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 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 |
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| Jul 12, 6:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Ward | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 9:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 11:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 11:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 16 min |
| Jul 13, 1:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 1:54 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 7:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 8:10 AM MDT | 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.