Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kidder County, ND, Wells County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KBIS 132147
SVRBIS
NDC043-103-132245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LAKE WILLIAMS...OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   HURDSFIELD AT 525 PM CDT
   CHASELEY AT 530 PM CDT
   BOWDON AT 535 PM CDT
   SYKESTON AT 535 PM CDT
   HEATON AT 535 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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.

LAT...LON 4710 10011 4701 9953 4759 9928 4761 10004

JP MARTIN

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

FORECAST PROB WILL BE WINDS...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. MODELS HAVE
THE HEAVIER RAINS DRIFTING NORTH AND EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH UP TO 3/4 TO ONE INCH PSBL BY 00Z. HEAVIER
RAINFALL WILL SHIFT OVER ERN ND AROUND 06Z AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT
RAINS OVER WRN/CNTL CWA. WILL NOT CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
AT THIS TIME. NEXT PROB WILL BE WINDS ON BACK SIDE OF THE LOW.
ALREADY GUSTY TO NEAR 30 MPH IN THE WEST AND WILL CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO CNTL CWA LATER THIS
EVENING INTO WED MORNING. WILL CONT WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING
IN THE WEST AND TONIGHT/WED MRNG CNTL AREAS.

STRONG CLOSED LOW OVER ABR SD BY 00Z WILL MOVE TO WCNTL MN BY
12Z WED MRNG. THE ETA LIFTED INDEX AND CAPE VALUES POINTS TO
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAINLY EAST OF THE CWA TNGT. MAY SEE SOME
THUNDER EMBEDDED IN THE RAINS CNTL AREAS THIS EVENING.

.BIS...WIND ADVISORY WEST THIS EVENING...
       WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT CENTRAL...

TURNER

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