Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 8, 2002, 11:10 PM MDT (05:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 2002, 12:15 AM MDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Billings County, ND, Stark County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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.

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.

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 090510
SVRBIS
NDC007-089-090615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1108 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKINSON

* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT

* AT 1108 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DICKINSON AT 1140 PM MDT

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.

LAT...LON 4698 10350 4664 10348 4661 10214 4700 10219

JP MARTIN

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 1:30 PM MDT, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
230 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002

PROBLEMS TODAY WILL BE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE CONVECTIVE STORMS LATE
TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENING KBIL TO KLWT IN
CENTRAL MONTANA PROGGD TO ND/MT BORDER LATE TONIGHT AND TO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA BY 12Z. SEVERE CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CENTRAL
MONTANA AND SPREAD TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS EVENING.
ATMOSPHERE CAPPED OVER CWA AND WILL NEED SOME LIFT TO REALISE POTENTIAL
OF MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS. MID-LEVEL LOW TOPPS RIDGE AND SLIDES
SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SURFACE
LOW TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WITH NORTHERN PORTION TROUGH HANGING BACK
INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. WILL END PRECIP FROM WEST ON WEDNESDAY. IN
EXTENDED DRY AND WARM AS RIDGE BUILDS OVER ROCKIES. RIDGE FLATTENS AS
FRONT EXPECTED THROUGH REGION LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY. WILL INTRODUCE
CHANCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST DAY OF EXTENDED.

.BIS...NONE.
HW

In the hours before

NDZ001-009-017-090618-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1018 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002

AT 1015 PM CDT LOCAL RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF
WILLISTON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER
WESTERN DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE COUNTIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS DO NOT CURRENTLY MEET SEVERE
CRITERIA...THE POSSIBLITY OF DEVELOPMENT REMAINS AS THERE IS A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. USE CAUTION TO
ASSURE SAFETY DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

ASSID

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.