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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 28, 2024Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2024, 10:13 PM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 28, 2024, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Emmons County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.8

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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 Aug 28, 9:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 9:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 9:36 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
803 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0749 PM     Tornado          1 SSE Steele            46.84N 99.91W
08/28/2024                   Kidder             ND   Trained Spotter

            Media person out storm chasing reports
            tornado in progress near Steele. 7 minutes
            later reports a cone tornado continues on
            the ground near Steele.

&&

JAA

Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 9:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
925 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0706 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Sterling                46.81N 100.29W
08/28/2024                   Burleigh           ND   Broadcast Media

            Broadcast media relayed report of large tree
            snapped near the base.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
933 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

NDZ037-048-290300-
La Moure ND-Stutsman ND-
933 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STUTSMAN COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM
CDT...

At 932 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 6 miles northwest of Jamestown, moving east at 40 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...
Jamestown, Gackle, Medina, Wimbledon, Streeter, Ypsilanti, Buchanan,
Spiritwood Lake, Montpelier, Cleveland, Spiritwood, Pingree,
Courtenay, Eldridge, Sydney, Windsor, Edmunds, and Millarton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4662 9841 4663 9944 4726 9911 4726 9847
      4663 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 262DEG 37KT 4697 9879

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BESSON

Local storm report, Aug 28, 9:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
941 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     Hail             Regan                   47.16N 100.53W
08/28/2024  E1.25 Inch       Burleigh           ND   Broadcast Media

            Delayed report from broadcast media. Picture
            of multiple hailstones.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:59 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
959 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

NDZ037-290330-
Stutsman ND-
959 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY
THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...

At 959 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 6 miles north of Spiritwood, or 13 miles northeast of
Jamestown, moving east at 55 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...
Jamestown, Kensal, Spiritwood Lake, Buchanan, Cleveland, Spiritwood,
Pingree, Courtenay, Eldridge, Windsor, and Edmunds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4682 9914 4733 9900 4733 9847 4698 9847
      4698 9844 4683 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 265DEG 49KT 4702 9846

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BESSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	58 min
Aug 28, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	25 min
Aug 28, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	49 min
Aug 28, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	32 min
Aug 28, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	BIS	Kidder	36 min
Aug 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	33 min
Aug 28, 9:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	6 hr
Aug 28, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	27 min
Aug 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	31 min
Aug 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	66 min
Aug 28, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	63 min
Aug 29, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	54 min
Aug 29, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan	47 min
Aug 29, 1:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	3 hr
Aug 29, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver, Sheridan	52 min
Aug 29, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan	49 min
Aug 29, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	24 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.