Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 23, 2002, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 2002, 4:00 PM MDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dunn County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Stark County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 232100
SVRBIS
NDC025-057-089-232200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RICHARDTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF
  DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ZAP...GOLDEN VALLEY AT 400 PM MDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4696 10251 4683 10232 4720 10184 4739 10198

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002

UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA WILL BRING US ONE MORE DAY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE IN
NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA PROVIDING LIFT...ALONG WITH LARGE SCALE ASCENT
WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.

THE ARRIVAL OF SOME H5 RIDGING MONDAY...ALONG WITH SOME DEGREE OF
LOW LEVEL DRYING WOULD SUGGEST A SUNNY DRY DAY. HOWEVER...PROG
SOUNDINGS INDICATE  1000+ CAPES WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 88
DEGREES AT BISMARCK...IF WE CAN HOLD A 60 DEWPOINT (RECENT RAINS MAY
INCREASE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION). ETA AND NGM MOS SUGGEST THAT BOTH
CRITERIA WILL BE MET...SO I WILL INCLUDE A CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL...BUT NOT IN THE
WEST...WHERE DEWPOINTS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 50S...PRECLUDING
CONVECTION.

THE LONGER RANGE FEATURES MAJOR H5 RIDGING...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME
HOT WEATHER FINALLY. WEAK RIPPLES IN THE RIDGE MAY BE ENOUGH FOR
ISOLATED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.BIS...NONE.
RSL

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.