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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 12, 2000Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 11:47 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2000, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Bismarck, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 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 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 130448
SVRBIS
NDC015-059-130530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1147 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK/MANDAN
  EASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT(1130 PM MDT)

* AT 1147 PM CDT(1047 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MANDAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MANDAN AT 1200 AM CDT
   BISMARCK AT 1210 AM CDT

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

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING(300 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR SOUTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4683 10119 4665 10106 4690 10032 4715 10051

RSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark31 min
Jun 12, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman56 min
Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn45 min
Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman60 min
Jun 12, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman67 min
Jun 12, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger57 min
Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells27 min
Jun 12, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton51 min
Jun 12, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Hettinger56 min
Jun 13, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant60 min
Jun 13, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman24 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Wells60 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman30 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman26 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.