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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 584

July 15, 200017 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 15, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND

Warnings issued inside it

9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau, Rolette37 min
Jul 15, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau, Rolette33 min
Jul 15, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry34 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner42 min
Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Rolette40 min
Jul 15, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey, Towner32 min
Jul 15, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey46 min
Jul 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy31 min
Jul 15, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster58 min

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1025 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-492 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.