Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Aug 20, 2000, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Oliver County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KBIS 202327
SVRBIS
NDC065-210015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
626 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANNOVER...OR ABOUT 47
  MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANNOVER AT 640 PM CDT
  CENTER AT 645 PM CDT

LARGE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THE STORM TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

LAT...LON 4711 10176 4699 10170 4699 10139 4719 10118
          4725 10167

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2000

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A SHORT LIVED PROBLEM IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING. THE CURRENT SURFACE OBS AND AREA RADAR DISPLAY
INDICATE THAT THE SURFACE FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM THE MINOT AREA
SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BOWMAN.  CLOUDS AND MOISTURE HAVE HELD THE
TEMPS DOWN IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 3 PM TEMPS
ONLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.  ALONG THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHWEST
TEMPERATURES HAVE PUSHED INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. A SECONDARY SURGE
ALOFT IN MONTANA WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING AND EXPECT
THE FRONT TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL IT MOVES OVER INTO THE
STATE. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG THE FRONT IN
THE WARM AIR AND HIGH MOISTURE BOUNDARY.  POTENTIAL CONINTINUES FOR
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS CAPES WILL BE ABOVE 2000 J/KG. WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER 1 INCH...COULD ALSO SEE HEAVY RAIN...
ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK.  THE FRONT SHOULD
BE IN EASTERN MONTANA BY MONDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR OVER THE
AREA.  MODELS AGAIN LOOK GOOD WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION...AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

.BIS...NONE.
TSW

In the hours before

NDZ001-009-017-202000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1259 PM CDT (1159 AM MDT) SUN AUG 20 2000

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
DIVIDE...MCKENZIE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSHOWERS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS...BUT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON.

THOMSON

N

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