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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 10, 2001McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McKenzie County, ND

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

385 
WUUS53 KBIS 110116 RRA
SVRISN
NDC053-110220-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
816 PM CDT (716 PM MDT) SUN JUN 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA

* UNTIL 920 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF FAIRVIEW MONTANA...
  MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTWRIGHT AT 820 PM CDT
  ALEXANDER AT 845 PM CDT
  THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK (NORTH UNIT) AT 900 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

MR

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 Jun 10, 2:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
215 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001

TSTM THREAT MAIN FCST PRLBM AGAIN TDA.  NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
MODELS...BUT HAVE GENLY FLWD AVN.

GUD POTENTIAL AGAIN FOR SVR WX...ALTHO SITN NOT QUITE AS CLR CUT AS
YSTDY. JET MAX MOVG THRU SRN CANADA IN COMBO WI SFC LO AND LO LVL
WRM ADV WL PROVIDE THE LIFT TO RELEASE THE INSTABILITY. AGREE WI
MODEL IDEA THAT STORMS WL BE LATE IN THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT. MSAS
SHWS SFC DEWPTS HAVE DROPPED A LOT IN THE W AND NW...NOTE 42 DEWPT
AT ISN.  WHEREAS...DEWPTS HAVE CONTD TO RISE SCNTL AND SE.  LI/CAPE
FM MODELS SEEM TO FAVOR BEST SVR THREAT ACRS THE S. FARTHER S...STG
CAP TO CONVECTION. WL CONT MENTION OF SVR ACRS THE S TNGT. DO NOT
BLV PRECIP AMTS WL APPRCH FFG VALUES.

AFTER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM EXITS MON MRNG...GET ABT A 24 HR BREAK
BEFORE AFFECTS OF BIG UPPER LOW TO BE FELT. FIRST WDSPRD PRECIP
EVENT ASSOCD WI THIS SHUD BE LATE TUE AFTN AND TUE NITE.

LOOKING FARTHER OUT...SUBSTANTIAL PRECIP TO CONTINUE THRU WED BEFORE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY ON THU. FRI LUKS DRY...BUT MRF DVLPG A
MOR WLY FLW OVR AREA INTO THE WKND...RATHER THAN RDGG AS ERYR FCST.
SO CUD BE SOME THREAT OF PRECIP ALL 7 DAYS. TEMPS WL BE BLO NORM
THRU THE PRD.

.BIS...NONE.
FORS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:22 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
722 PM CDT (622 PM MDT) SUN JUN 10 2001

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM CDT. EXPECT
PERIODS OF LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

MR
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:23 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
722 PM CDT (622 PM MDT) SUN JUN 10 2001

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM CDT. EXPECT
PERIODS OF LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

MR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Ward53 min
Jun 11, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce40 min
Jun 11, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton40 min
Jun 11, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton36 min
Jun 11, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman39 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.