Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 19, 2001, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 2001, 5:05 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

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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NDC023-105-192205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
405 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 505 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON TO
  34 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CORINTH AT 435 PM CDT
  WILDROSE AT 445 PM CDT
  NOONAN AT 505 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

THOMSON

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE SURFACE LOW HAS REDEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND EASTERN
MONTANA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AND DEWPOINTS ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA REMAIN HIGH...IN THE 60S. A SHORT WAVE MOVING
ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA HAS AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM WILLISTON TO RAPID CITY WITH MOVEMENT GENERALLY TO THE
NORTHEAST.  LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NIGHT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE ROCKIES INTO THE
WEEKEND...DON'T SEE AND END TO THE CONVECTIVE WEATHER UNTIL MONDAY.
AT THAT TIME AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL HAVE DROPPED INTO THE HUDSON
BAY REGION DAMPENING THE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND PUSHING A
SURFACE HIGH OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA.  THAT WILL DROP THE DEWPOINTS
INTO THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS ND ENDING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
CONVECTION.  WILL KEEP THE FORECAST PERIOD 3FROM MONDAY TO THURSDAY
DRY...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP WILL BE AROUND CLIMATOLOGY. TEMPS
WILL BE SEASONAL.

.BIS...NONE.
TSW

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1202 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1104 PM    MONANGO                   ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/18/01   DICKEY                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1111 PM    HETTINGER ARPT            ND   72 MPH TSTM GUST

07/18/01   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY ASOS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.