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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 655

August 7, 200028 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 7, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 28 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurke, Renville36 min
Aug 7, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard62 min
Aug 7, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau, Renville32 min
Aug 7, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville56 min
Aug 7, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2000-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 2000-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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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.