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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 9, 2002LaMoure County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2002, 6:21 AM CDT for LaMoure County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2002, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2002, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County LaMoure County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
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 091121
SVRBIS
NDC045-091215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
619 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 619 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDGELEY...OR ABOUT 41 MILES SOUTH OF
  JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BERLIN...NORTONVILLE AT 635 AM CDT
  LA MOURE AT 645 AM CDT
  GRAND RAPIDS AT 650 AM CDT
  DICKEY...ADRIAN AT 655 AM CDT
  VERONA...MARION AT 705 AM CDT

HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...
LAMOURE COUNTY...STAY INSIDE UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4629 9902 4631 9805 4662 9807 4662 9891

$$

JP MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley60 min
Jun 8, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley57 min
Jun 8, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings56 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley3 hr
Jun 8, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman52 min
Jun 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton54 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope62 min
Jun 8, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark58 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells52 min
Jun 9, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard58 min
Jun 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope54 min
Jun 9, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean52 min
Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver66 min
Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster59 min
Jun 9, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Sheridan57 min
Jun 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger65 min
Jun 9, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2002Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.