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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 20245 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2024, 12:44 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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 18, 2024, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2024, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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
Jun 17, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2024-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver34 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan61 min
Jun 17, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells33 min
Jun 17, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Sioux37 min
Jun 18, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan38 min
Jun 18, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman37 min
Jun 18, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman41 min
Jun 18, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh66 min
Jun 18, 1:24 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 10 more19 hr

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.