Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT for Burke 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Burke County, ND
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KBIS 050156 SVRBIS NDC013-050300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 855 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF PORTAL...OR ABOUT 28 MILES EAST OF CROSBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PORTAL AT 905 PM CDT LIGNITE AT 910 PM CDT FLAXTON AT 925 PM CDT NORTHGATE AT 930 PM CDT BOWBELLS AT 940 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4911 10271 4867 10285 4857 10238 4899 10206 JP MARTIN
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 Aug 4, 3:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 325M CDT FRI AUG 4 2000 PROBLEM FOR TODAY WILL BE THE PLACEMENT AND INTENSITY OF THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS. TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE AVN MODEL WAS USED DUE TO THE INITIALIZATION STATUS. ETA IS THE ODD MODEL OUT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE FOCUSED ALONG THE SURFACE TROF. WITH THE TRIGGERING OF THE STORMS ALONG THE WARM/COLD FRONTS. CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE WARM FRONT NEAR THE SD/ND BORDER AND THE COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL MT. AVN SHOWS THE WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD FROM SD TO ND BY LATE AFTERNOON...COLD FRONT ENTERS FROM THE WEST AROUND MIDNIGHT. CURRENT MSAS SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF -8 LI ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. EXPECTING TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF STORMS TONIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. HIGH DEWPOINTS ALONG WITH GOOD SHEAR PROFILES HINTS AT SOME ORGANIZED STORMS. WITH THE HIGHER MOISTURE VALUES TO THE EAST...EXPECTING TO SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...K-INDEX >35. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE UNSETTLED. COOLING OF THE TEMPS ALOFT WILL CAUSE SOME INSTABILITY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR SAT. SAT NIGHT AND SUN AVN SHOWS SOME RIPPLES IN THE HEIGHTS BOTH IN THE MID AND UPPER ATMOS. WILL KEEP SOME SHOWERS IN THE FORECASTS WITH SEASONAL TEMPS. EXTENDED...SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON LOOKS DRY UNDER THE AFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE. TUES MORNING MRF SHOWS A SURFACE TROF EXTENDING FROM SASK/MAN. EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TUES AND WED WITH ITS PASSAGE. .BIS...NONE. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 647 PM CDT (547 PM MDT) FRI AUG 4 2000 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AROUND 700 PM CDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND PLENTYWOOD MONTANA...TO AROUND GLENDIVE MONTANA WILL BE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE GRENORA AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF DARK CLOUDS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE IF LIGHTNING IF PRESENT. RUSSELL N
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 701 PM CDT (601 PM MDT) FRI AUG 4 2000 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AROUND 700 PM CDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND PLENTYWOOD MONTANA...TO AROUND GLENDIVE MONTANA WILL BE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE GRENORA AND FORTUNA AREAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF DARK CLOUDS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE IF LIGHTNING IF PRESENT. N
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 705 PM CDT (600 PM MDT) FRI AUG 4 2000 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AROUND 700 PM CDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND PLENTYWOOD MONTANA...TO AROUND GLENDIVE MONTANA WILL BE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE GRENORA AND FORTUNA AREAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF DARK CLOUDS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE IF LIGHTNING IF PRESENT. MR N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 47 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.