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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 16, 2024McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2024, 1:01 AM CDT for McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 16, 2024, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2024, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties McLean County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Sep 16, 12:20 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 12:20 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 12:23 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 12:55 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1255 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

NDZ021-022-160630-
McLean ND-Sheridan ND-
1255 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN AND
NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CDT...

At 1255 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Turtle Lake, or 29 miles east of Garrison, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Turtle Lake and Mercer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4745 10068 4748 10098 4775 10089 4766 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 201DEG 16KT 4751 10083

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 12:57 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 16, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	35 min
Sep 16, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	33 min
Sep 16, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	50 min
Sep 16, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	43 min
Sep 16, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	37 min
Sep 16, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	41 min
Sep 16, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McLean, Mercer	63 min
Sep 16, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	52 min
Sep 16, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	50 min
Sep 16, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan	52 min
Sep 16, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	51 min
Sep 16, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	58 min
Sep 16, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	49 min
Sep 16, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	5 hr
Sep 16, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	19 min
Sep 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	29 min
Sep 16, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	29 min
Sep 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	51 min
Sep 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	5 hr

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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.