Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 585

July 15, 2000Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 23 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 15, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 23 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy31 min
Jul 15, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster58 min
Jul 15, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes41 min

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2954 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 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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Nearby

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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.