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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2024, 4:21 PM MDT for Bowman County, Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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
- May 29, 2024, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2024, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 220 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 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 May 29, 2:21 PM MDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:21 PM MDT, 2 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 1:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 226 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-301930- Bottineau-Rolette-McHenry-Pierce-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Kidder- Stutsman-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 226 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, south central North Dakota, and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-301930- Burke-Renville-Mountrail-Ward-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Morton- Burleigh-Grant-Sioux-Emmons- 226 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 /126 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, and south central North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The main threat will be severe winds up to 60 mph, although hail up to an inch in diameter is possible. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 8 PM CDT / 7 PM MDT this evening. See www.weather.gov/bis for more details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-301930- Divide-Williams-McKenzie-Dunn-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Slope- Hettinger-Bowman-Adams- 226 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 /126 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main threats are large hail up to the size of ping pong balls and damaging winds up to 70 mph. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 8 PM CDT / 7 PM MDT this evening. See www.weather.gov/bis for more details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 418 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-292230- Divide-Williams-McKenzie-Golden Valley-Billings-Slope-Bowman- Including the cities of Crosby, Williston, Watford City, Beach, Medora, Marmarth, and Bowman 418 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 /318 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024/ ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... Scattered thunderstorms are expected to initially develop in far western North Dakota between 5 and 6 pm CDT or 4 pm and 5 pm MDT this afternoon. The storms will develop in a scattered fashion along a line from the Crosby and Williston areas, southward into the Beach, Amidon, and Bowman areas. Once storms develop they are expected to move to the northeast at around 20 mph. Some of the storms will become severe, with the main hazards being large hail from quarter to ping pong ball size, and damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for western North Dakota until 10 pm CDT or 9 pm MDT this evening. CJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:58 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 13 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 63 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.