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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 30, 2024Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2024, 7:03 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2024, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 30, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2024-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1997 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 2024-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward45 min
Jul 30, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette30 min
Jul 31, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh32 min
Jul 31, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh30 min
Jul 31, 8:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh2 hr
Jul 31, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells41 min
Jul 31, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster31 min
Jul 31, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster29 min
Jul 31, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure36 min
Jul 31, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure32 min

Nearby

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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.