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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 17, 2024McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2024, 8:46 PM CDT for McIntosh 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
May 17, 2024, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2024, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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
May 17, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 May 17, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 8:00 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 8:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
831 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

NDZ036-037-046-047-050-180200-
Kidder ND-Logan ND-McIntosh ND-Stutsman ND-Emmons ND-
831 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN KIDDER...LOGAN...
MCINTOSH...EASTERN EMMONS AND SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTIES THROUGH
900 PM CDT...

At 830 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles northeast of Tappen to 9 miles northwest of
Wishek to 4 miles south of Hague. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Wishek, Napoleon, Ashley, Strasburg, Medina, Tappen, Streeter,
Zeeland, Cleveland, Lehr, Hague, Pettibone, Dawson, Westfield,
Woodworth, Venturia, Lake Isabel, Crystal Springs, Lake Williams, and
Chase Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, seek shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central North Dakota. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains
in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4664 9991 4718 9972 4718 9901 4594 9937
      4594 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 234DEG 37KT 4691 9956 4636 9968 4596 9998

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons33 min
May 17, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons30 min
May 17, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder, Logan, McIntosh29 min
May 17, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure30 min
May 17, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure27 min
May 17, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure28 min
May 18, 2:20 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 16 more17 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.