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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 2024Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2024, 6:56 PM MDT for Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 3, 2024, 6:56 PM MDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 7:25 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jun 3, 6:24 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:24 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
432 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

NDZ043-032300-
Bowman ND-
432 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY THROUGH
500 PM MDT...

At 432 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Scranton, or 11 miles southeast of Bowman, moving
north at 25 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...
Scranton, Bowman Haley Dam, and Buffalo Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4597 10323 4600 10336 4626 10333 4621 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 200DEG 20KT 4605 10326

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

ADAM

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
502 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

NDZ043-044-032330-
Adams ND-Bowman ND-
502 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BOWMAN AND
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...

At 502 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Scranton, or 16 miles east of Bowman, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Scranton, Reeder, and Gascoyne.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4605 10311 4616 10318 4627 10289 4612 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 239DEG 19KT 4613 10307

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ADAM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:15 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:35 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
635 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

NDZ041-040100-
Hettinger ND-
635 PM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HETTINGER COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM MDT...

At 635 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Regent, or 28 miles north of Hettinger, moving northeast at 25 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...
Regent.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4634 10268 4643 10275 4660 10247 4640 10227
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 236DEG 22KT 4642 10264

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

ADAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	30 min
Jun 3, 6:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	25 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	56 min
Jun 3, 11:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn, Hettinger, Stark	35 min
Jun 3, 11:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	35 min
Jun 4, 12:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	23 min
Jun 4, 1:12 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	33 min
Jun 4, 9:16 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	10 hr
Jun 4, 1:34 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	30 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.