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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 31, 2000Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2000, 12:36 AM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2000, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rolette County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2000-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8111 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 310537
SVRBIS
NDC079-310615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1236 AM CDT MON JUL 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BELCOURT...OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST 
  OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELCOURT AT 1245 AM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AAREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 4894 9976 4877 9984 4870 9955 4888 9957

RSL

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.