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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2024, 4:46 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 29, 2024, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2024, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 232 PM CDT Mon Jul 29 2024 NDZ018>023-025-033>037-040>048-050-051-301945- Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Stark-Morton- Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Sioux- Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 232 PM CDT Mon Jul 29 2024 /132 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main expected hazards are hail up to 2 inches in diameter and winds as high as 70 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon through the early overnight hours, mainly over central North Dakota. The main expected hazards are hail up to golf balls in size and winds as high as 60 mph. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and evening. The main expected hazards are large hail and strong winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Call reports into the NWS in Bismarck at 701-223-4582 or post them to our social media pages. For other ways to make reports to the NWS, go to: www.weather.gov/crh/stormreports?sid=bis NDZ003>005-010>013-017-031-032-301945- Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie- Golden Valley-Billings- 232 PM CDT Mon Jul 29 2024 /132 PM MDT Mon Jul 29 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main expected hazards are hail up to the size of quarters and winds as high as 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon through the early overnight hours, mainly over central North Dakota. The main expected hazards are hail up to golf balls in size and winds as high as 60 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Call reports into the NWS in Bismarck at 701-223-4582 or post them to our social media pages. For other ways to make reports to the NWS, go to: www.weather.gov/crh/stormreports?sid=bis NDZ001-002-009-301945- Divide-Burke-Williams- 232 PM CDT Mon Jul 29 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Stark | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 64 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.