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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 21, 2003McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2003, 7:27 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2003, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McIntosh County, ND

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2003-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 527 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2003-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

615 
WUUS53 KBIS 220027
SVRBIS
NDC051-220115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
727 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF VENTURIA...OR ABOUT 69
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY AT 800 PM CDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4612 9964 4597 9959 4601 9914 4625 9926

$$
CJS/RSL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster39 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman42 min
Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure59 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.