Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 4, 2000, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 2000, 9:15 PM MDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 222 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KBIS 050211
SVRBIS
NDC007-033-050315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
809 PM MDT TUE JUL 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 809 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER GOLVA...OR ABOUT 47
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLVA AT 815 PM MDT
  BEACH AT 835 PM MDT
  SENTINEL BUTTE AT 850 PM MDT
  MEDORA AT 900 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4683 10404 4659 10404 4668 10329 4688 10328
          4728 10316 4731 10387

JP MARTIN

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 2:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 04 2000

SFC TROUGH OVER CNTRL ND HAS BEEN FOCUS OF TSTMS...WI HEAVY RAIN
REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. ONE REPORT OF 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IN
UNDER 10 MINUTES. PREV ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING. WL PUT FLASH
FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NWRN ND
WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY REPORTED. MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATED
GOOD CHC OF HEAVY RAIN FROM MOT TO BIS AND EWD. ONLY 1/2 INCH HAIL
WAS LARGEST REPORT TODAY - WET BULB ZERO WAS 11500 FT AT BIS THIS
AM. WL MENTION HEAVY RAIN CNTRL AND IN JMS AREA FOR TON. GGW WET
BULB ZERO WAS ONLY 8500 FT TODAY AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TSTMS
MAINLY W OF SFC TROUGH. ISN NOW CLOSE TO CONVECTIVE TEMP OF AROUND
80 IN CLEARING SKIES THIS LAST HOUR.

THOUGHT ETA HANDLED PCPN AND UPPER SHORTWAVES THE BEST TODAY...SO
WENT WI ETA FOR WINDS AND HIGHER POPS IN THE FAR WEST WED...AND IN
THE FAR NW WED NIGHT.

IN THE EXTENDED...NEW AVN AND MRF WANT TO BUILD A H7 CAP ON
THU...BREAKING IT DOWN FRI EVE...THEN BUILDING IT BACK UP ON SAT AND
SUN. HOWEVER...WHEN COMPARED WI ETA OUT TO 60 HRS THOUGHT MRF HAD
ATMOS A BIT TOO WARM. SO...KEPT CHC OF TSTMS IN THROUGH PERIOD.

.BIS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FAR NW AND MUCH OF N CNTRL ND
        (INCLUDES DIVIDE COUNTY TO ROLETTE COUNTY ALONG CANADIAN BORDER
        AND WARD...MCHENRY...AND PIERCE COUNTIES)

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