Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 22, 2001, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 2001, 5:30 AM CDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Burleigh County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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WUUS53 KBIS 220938
SVRBIS

NDC015-029-085-221030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
437 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT(430 AM MDT)

* AT 437 AM CDT(337 AM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOFFIT...OR
  ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAZELTON...FORT YATES AT 445 AM CDT
  BRADDOCK...LINTON AT 455 AM CDT
  STRASBURG...WESTFIELD AT 505 AM CDT
  HAGUE AT 515 AM CDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL 1000 AM 
CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEATSTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

BOW TYPE ECHO WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL
ND...PUSHED ALONG BY BY A COLD POOL THAT IS BEST SHOWN ON THE ETA
MDL. WIND DAMAGE IS MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE A
SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS FEATURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTH EARLY TONIGHT...AND SEVERE
WX IS AGAIN POSSIBLE. THEN THE FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL MONDAY WITH
ANOTHER IMPULSE  CAUSING A CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP BY AFTERNOON.
THEN THE MAIN WESTERN TROUGH SHEARS OFF AND THE NORTHERN BRANCH ENTERS
ND TUESDAY MORNING. WILL UPDATE THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR CENTRAL ND
TO REFLECT THIS CHANCE OF PRECIP ON TUESDAY.

.BIS...NONE.
LM

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
217 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

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

0900 PM    FORT UNION TRADING POST   ND   WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE.
07/20/01   NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE         SHINGLES TORN OFF
           WILLIAMS                       VISITOR CENTER ROOF.
                                          TEEPEES HELD DOWN BY
                                          4 FOOT IRON STAKES PULLED
                                          UP AND SHREDDED BY HAIL.

CJT

NDZ042-220945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
435 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT...

AT 330 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...NEAR CARSON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MANDAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LARK AND RALEIGH ARE IN
THE PATH OF THE STORM.

JV

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.