Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 22, 2002, 3:01 AM MDT (09:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2002, 4:00 AM MDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Billings County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KBIS 220901
SVRBIS
NDC007-221000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 AM MDT

* AT 259 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD...OR 
  ABOUT 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON...ACROSS NORTHERN BILLINGS
  COUNTY TO THE DUNN COUNTY LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFIELD AT 315 AM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DIME SIZED HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BISMARCK.

LAT...LON 4732 10366 4699 10365 4701 10306 4733 10306

VINING

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 1:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
200 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

PROBLEMS TODAY ARE SEVERE CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBILITY. AVN
GENERALLY AGREES WITH ETA FIRST FEW PERIODS...BUT BY SUNDAY AVN
OPENS UP H500 LOW INTO A WEAK SHORTWAVE. YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS KEPT
THIS FEATURE A CLOSED LOW OVER ND...JUST WHAT THE ETA AND NGM ARE
DOING TODAY. THINK AVN HAS A HANDLE ON FIRST COUPLE OF PERIODS...BUT
THEN SOLNS DIVERGE. WILL FOLLOW ETA FOR FORECAST TODAY.

YESTERDAY EVENINGS SOUNDINGS INDICATED CAPPING OVER SD/ND WITH H700
TEMPS OF 10 TO 12 DEGREES C. MODEL PROGS INDICATE THIS CAP NOT
WEAKENING UNTIL SAT AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT ANY UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
WILL DISRUPT CAP. ALSO...NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA NOT IN A CAPPED
ENVIRONMENT. MODELS SHOW VORT CENTERS/SHORTWAVES OVER ERN
MONTANA/NORTH DAKOTA INTENSIFYING FROM 06Z TO 12Z TODAY...AND
PRESENT CONVECTION IN ERN MONTANA HAS BEEN INCREASING IN AREAL
COVERAGE PAST FEW HOURS. CONVECTION ALSO IN NRN NORTH DAKOTA NORTH
OF CAP. EXPECT THIS ENERGY TO MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE
THIS MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATED K INDICES OF 30 OR MORE
WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 3000. AS SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTH DAKOTA
AND H700 CAP BREAKS DOWN WITH H500 TROUGH APPROACHING THE
DAKOTAS...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING IN THE WEST...AND THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT CENTRAL.
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW
REMAINS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

.BIS...NONE.
VINING

In the hours before

NDZ001-009-017-220845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
150 AM CDT (1250 AM MDT) SAT JUN 22 2002

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHEASTERN MONTANA
AND ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
EAST INTO WESTERN DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES AND
CONTINUE EAST OUT OF THE COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO
HEAVY PRECIPITATION GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. USE
CAUTION AND REMAIN INDOORS TO ASSURE SAFETY.

KROLAK

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

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.