Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 18, 2003, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2003, 7:30 AM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burke County, ND

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 181135
SVRBIS
NDC013-181230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
634 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 634 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LARSON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIGNITE AT 640 AM CDT
  BATTLEVIEW AT 655 AM CDT
  POWERS LAKE AT 705 AM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF VERY STRONG WINDS TOPPLING TREES AND 
LARGE TREE LIMBS.

LAT...LON 4899 10292 4856 10287 4856 10230 4885 10242

$$

VINING

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 2:35 AM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
235 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM SRN SASKATCHEWAN THROUGH ERN
MONTANA TO ERN WYOMING PROGGED TO LIE ACROSS WRN
MANITOBA/MINOT/DICKINSON LINE BY AROUND 18Z...THEN DRIFT EASTWARD TO
A DEVILS LAKE/BISMARCK LINE BY 00Z. PLENTY OF CAPE WITH OVER 2000
VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. MAIN
FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THAT
WILL HAVE THE BEST SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND POOLING OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. CAPPED ENVIRONMENT AT MID LEVELS WILL PROBABLY BE BROKEN
BY GOOD SURFACE HEATING ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY. RAISED POPS TODAY
AND THIS EVENING FOR AREAS IN VICINITY OF SURFACE BOUNDARY. WILL
MENTION SEVERE POSSIBILITIES.

BY SATURDAY MORNING THE SURFACE BOUNDARY IS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF
FORECAST AREA WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE FROM WESTERN CANADA FILTERING
INTO ND. WILL LOWER POPS A TAD AND PUT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER
IN FOR SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS. NO CHANGES IN EXTENDED PLANNED.

BIS...NONE.

VINING

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
508 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TODAY.

VINING

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.