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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2002Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2002, 11:53 PM CDT for Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2002, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2002, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Foster County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 9, 12:20 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Carrington, ND
Jun 9, 12:28 AM CDT	Hail 1	Carrington, 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 090453
SVRBIS
NDC031-103-090545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1151 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SYKESTON...OR ABOUT 49 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRINGTON AT MIDNIGHT CDT
  HAMBERG AT 1210 AM CDT
  BARLOW AT 1215 AM CDT
  BREMEN AT 1220 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

LAT...LON 4736 9965 4734 9901 4758 9896 4758 9926
          4785 9932 4783 9950

JP MARTIN

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 8, 2:35 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:35 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
235 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002

FCST PROBLEMS THROUGH PD WL BE DEALING WITH UPR SYSTEM MOVING INTO
NRN PLAINS.

WL USE AVN MDL FOR SPECIFICS AS ETA/AVN START OUT SIMILAR BUT ETA IS
MORE PROGRESSIVE...ESP AFT 36 HRS. SLOWEST SOLN USUALLY SEEMS TO
WORK OUT IN THIS TYPE OF PATN AND AVN IS DEFINATELY THE SLOWEST.
EITHER WAY WL BE DEALING WITH CONVECTION TNGT...POSSIBLY SEVERE AS
LOW LVL MOISTURE BEGINNING TO RAPIDLY INC OVER SRN CWA AND S/W OVER
SCNTRL MT WL PROVIDE SPARK. CONV ALREADY BEGINNING OVER ERN MT. WIND
PROFILE SUGGESTS ROTATING SUPERCELLS PSBL. WITH INCG MOISTURE ON STG
LOW LVL JET...POTENTIALL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN AS WELL. WILL WORD
PSBLY SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN ENTIRE CWA TNGT. AVN SUGGESTS PCPN
HANGING ON ACROSS NRN CWA WITH A BREAK OVER SRN CWA SUN
AFTN...BEFORE NEXT S/W LIFTS THROUGH BRINGING ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF
CONVECTION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

COOLER TUE AND WED AS UPR LOW REMAIN IN THE VICINITY. PREV FCST
MENTIONS AFTERNOON SHOWERS TUE AND WED AN THIS LOOKS GOOD...ALTHOUGH
DEPENDING ON ACTUAL LOCATION OF 50H LOW...NRN CWA MAY SEE MORE THAN
JUST AFTN SHOWERS. WL KEEP THU THROUGH SAT DRY WITH A WARMUP.

.BIS...NONE.
TWH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

939 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    BEACH                     ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  EVENT DURATION 20

                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY

                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0743 PM    6 N SENTINEL BUTTE        ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0830 PM    5 N SENTINEL BUTTE        ND   4.5 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0927 PM    9 NNE BEACH               ND   1 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD.

                                          1 TO 3  INCH DEPTH OF

                                          HAIL NICKEL TO QUARTER

                                          SIZE COVERING GROUND.

Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1008 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    BEACH                     ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  EVENT DURATION 20

                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY

                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0743 PM    6 N SENTINEL BUTTE        ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0830 PM    5 N SENTINEL BUTTE        ND   4.5 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0927 PM    9 NNE BEACH               ND   1 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD.

                                          1 TO 3  INCH DEPTH OF

                                          HAIL NICKEL TO QUARTER

                                          SIZE COVERING GROUND.

0940 PM    BEACH                     ND   FLOOD

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  COUNTY ROADS WASHED OUT

                                          IN GOLDEN VALLEY

                                          COUNTY. ROADS IN THE

                                          TOWN OF BEACH FLOODED.

                                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

NDZ001-009-017-090410-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1010 PM CDT (910 PM MDT) SAT JUN 8 2002

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
(1000 PM MDT)...
A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS COVERING NORTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST THEY WILL
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.

THOMSON

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

NDZ001-009-017-090410-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1010 PM CDT (910 PM MDT) SAT JUN 8 2002

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
(1000 PM MDT)...
A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS COVERING NORTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST THEY WILL
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION. TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.

THOMSON

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:27 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

NDZ001-009-017-090625-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1125 PM CDT (1025 PM MDT) SAT JUN 8 2002

PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF
NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
IN WILLISTON NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH FELL IN ONE HOUR.
SOME STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS AND ANY LATE NIGHT
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING POOLED WATER AS IT
MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THOMSON

Local storm report, Jun 8, 11:46 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1146 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0946 PM    BEACH                     ND   FLOOD

06/08/02   GOLDEN VALLEY                  COUNTY ROAD WASHED OUT.

                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

1114 PM    HEBRON                    ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   MORTON                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1128 PM    BOWMAN                    ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   BOWMAN                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1142 PM    HALLIDAY                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/08/02   DUNN                           REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	60 min
Jun 8, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	57 min
Jun 8, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	56 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	52 min
Jun 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	54 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	62 min
Jun 8, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Stark	58 min
Jun 9, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	58 min
Jun 9, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	54 min
Jun 9, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	52 min
Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	66 min
Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	59 min
Jun 9, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	57 min
Jun 9, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	65 min
Jun 9, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	66 min
Jun 9, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.