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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 2024Golden Valley County, McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 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 27, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2024, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 226 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2024-06-27Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2024-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 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 Jun 27, 1:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 1:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
218 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024

NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-281930-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry-
McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Golden Valley-
Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-
Sioux-Emmons-
218 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024 /118 PM MDT Thu Jun 27 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Numerous severe thunderstorms (risk level 3 out of 5) are expected
late this afternoon through this evening. Expected hazards
include very large hail up to baseball ball size, damaging winds
as high as 80 mph, and a few tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed this afternoon and evening.

NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-281930-
Rolette-Pierce-Wells-Foster-Kidder-Stutsman-Logan-La Moure-
McIntosh-Dickey-
218 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 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

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are expected this
evening through tonight. Expected hazards include large hail up to
quarter size and damaging winds as high as 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed tonight.

Telken

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, McKenzie60 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark59 min
Jun 27, 4:37 PM MDTTornado WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley23 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBISBillings, Slope, Stark27 min
Jun 27, 4:56 PM MDTTornado WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley34 min
Jun 27, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBillings47 min
Jun 27, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBillings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark62 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope65 min
Jun 27, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBillings, Golden Valley46 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.