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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 22, 2002Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2002, 2:31 AM MDT for Golden Valley 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2002, 2:31 AM MDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2002, 3:30 AM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Golden Valley County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2002-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1320 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2002-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
1320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 220831
SVRBIS
NDC033-220930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
229 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 330 AM MDT

* AT 229 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BEACH...OR ABOUT 61 MILES WEST OF
  DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.


LAT...LON 4695 10439 4682 10421 4694 10372 4727 10373

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn66 min
Jun 22, 3:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings59 min
Jun 22, 3:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn62 min
Jun 22, 3:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry63 min
Jun 22, 4:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn59 min
Jun 22, 4:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mountrail, Ward63 min
Jun 22, 4:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce50 min
Jun 22, 5:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Ward61 min
Jun 22, 6:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry61 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey55 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.