Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2001, 11:16 PM CDT for McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2001, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County McLean County, ND
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KBIS 210423 CCA SVRBIS NDC055-075-101-210515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTION ARRIVAL TIME AT MINOT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1116 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINOT WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT TO 46 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MINOT AT 1145 PM CDT MAX AT 1150 PM CDT GARRISON AT 1155 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST 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. PEOPLUE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4881 10185 4754 10183 4754 10100 4849 10140 RSL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 315 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001 MAIN CONCERN WL BE SEVERE WX OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT EJECTING SEVERAL SHORT WAVE SYSTEM THRU THE REGION TONIGHT THRU SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST OF THE SHORT WAVES FORECAST TO REACH WESTERN ND LATER THIS AFTERNOON THE MOVE EAST...SOUTHEAST REACHING NORTHEASTERN SD LATE TONIGHT. THE SECOND SHORT WAVE FORECAST TO REACH WESTERN ND EARLY SATURDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA DURING THE DAY AND THE THIRD REACHES WESTERN ND SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT REACHING THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE STATE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THE SHORT WAVE SYSTEMS MOVING THRU WILL ADD FUEL TO TSRA POTENTIAL THRU SATURDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE BOUNDRY WILL ADD LIFT FOR THE CONVECTION. DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE FORECAST TO ADVECT OVER THE WRN CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR BACK INTO THE AREA. .BIS...NONE. RGT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-210120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 723 PM CDT (623 PM MDT) FRI JUL 20 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 720 PM CDT...AREA OBSERVATIONS AND RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES BY 800 PM CDT (7OO PM MDT). FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANYONE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING IN DIVIDE...MCKENZIE AND WILLIAMAS COUTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF STORM APPROACH. MR NNN
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-210120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 723 PM CDT (623 PM MDT) FRI JUL 20 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 720 PM CDT...AREA OBSERVATIONS AND RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES BY 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT). FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANYONE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING IN DIVIDE...MCKENZIE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF STORM APPROACH. MR NNNN
Local storm report, Jul 20, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
932 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM 8 WNW CHARBONNEAU ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0911 PM (ISN)SLOULIN FLD WILLISTO ND 68 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 WILLIAMSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 9:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
951 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0911 PM (ISN)SLOULIN FLD WILLISTO ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/20/01 WILLIAMSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1014 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0958 PM 4 N BEACH ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1005 PM WATFORD CITY ND 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
@ RUKWBCeKDENWWUS30 KBIS 210315
LSRBIS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1014 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0958 PM 4 N BEACH ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1005 PM WATFORD CITY ND 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
TURNERLocal storm report, Jul 20, 11:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1106 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 PM NEW TOWN ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 MOUNTRAIL REPORTED BY MEDIA.
1044 PM GRASSY BUTTE ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/20/01 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
1045 PM 2 NW NEW TOWN ND FUNNEL CLOUD
07/20/01 MOUNTRAIL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
TWO FUNNELS
REPORTED...NO TOUCHDOWN.
1054 PM 27 NE BELFIELD ND 70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/01 STARK REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. TREES
UPROOTED. STORN OVER
BILLINGS COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Williams | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Ward | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Kidder | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.