Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jul 18, 2003, 6:37 AM CDT (11:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2003, 7:25 AM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Williams 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 181137
SVRISN
NDC105-181235-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 725 AM CDT

* AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILDROSE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILDROSE...MCGREGOR...AND HAMLET AT 645 AM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4863 10403 4803 10403 4803 10385 4813 10372
          4815 10290 4863 10290

$$

BURKE

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 2 minutes 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

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