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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 9, 2001Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2001, 5:39 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2001, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 5:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Mandan, ND
Jun 9, 5:55 PM CDTHail 2.75Mandan, ND
Jun 9, 5:55 PM CDTHail 1.75(Bis)Bismarck Muni A, ND
Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDTHail 1Bismarck, NDHail covered the ground.
Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDTHail 1Mandan, ND
Jun 9, 6:49 PM CDTHail 1(Bis)Bismarck Muni A, ND
Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDTHail 0.75Mandan, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2001-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 2001-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 092239
SVRBIS
NDC015-059-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK
  EASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT(545 PM MDT)

* AT 539 PM CDT(439 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MANDAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BISMARCK AT 545 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING(1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4699 10149 4665 10112 4664 10041 4728 10035
          4733 10075 4716 10076 4714 10092 4699 10088

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide61 min
Jun 9, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings36 min
Jun 9, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn64 min
Jun 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer62 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark30 min
Jun 9, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie53 min
Jun 9, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMercer, Oliver33 min
Jun 9, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver62 min
Jun 9, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn56 min
Jun 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark60 min
Jun 9, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Morton61 min
Jun 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton63 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.