Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 19, 2001, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Burke County, ND, Mountrail 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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SVRBIS

NDC013-061-192245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
443 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHWESTERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF POWERS LAKE...OR ABOUT 32
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BATTLEVIEW AT 450 PM CDT
  POWERS LAKE AT 455 PM CDT
  LOSTWOOD AT 510 PM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADtLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4867 10274 4842 10280 4841 10221 4879 10230

JV

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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.