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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 2, 2003Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 2, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, ND

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

512 
WUUS53 KBIS 021400
SVRBIS
NDC101-021500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
901 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 901 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF SURREY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN WARD COUNTY AT 920 AM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4837 10134 4820 10116 4822 10104 4845 10111

$$

TWH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 2:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
245 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

SHORT WAVE ENERGY FORECAST TO REACH THE FAR WESTERN AREAS THIS
MORNING. SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE MT/ND BORDER WILL DRIFT EAST
REACHING CENTRAL CWA AROUND 18Z TODAY. VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER
THE REGION WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 60 WEST AND IN THE UPPER 60S
CENTRAL. LIFTED INDICES TO -8 AND MLCAPES TO 3000 J/KG PROGGED
OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH FAIRLY STRONG
CAP IN PLACE AT THIS TIME EXPECT THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY...UPPER LEVEL
FORCING AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN THE CAP THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND INSTABILITY WILL SEE AN INCREASE
OF CONVECTION CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY...CONVECTION OVER
EASTERN MT MAKING ITS WAY TO FAR WESTERN ND AT THIS TIME. THE BAMEX
FORECAST SHOWING THE MT CONVECTION HOLDING TOGETHER REACHING FAR
NORTHWESTERN CWA AROUND 12Z THEN WEAKEN SOME BY 18Z AS IT APPROACHES
CENTRAL CWA BUT BY 21Z CONVECTION BECOMES MORE NUMEROUS CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL. SPC PLACES ALL CWA IN SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE.

ZONAL FLOW PATTERN DEVELOPS THURSDAY LASTING THRU THE REST OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD. DRY WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED
AFTER TODAYS EVENT.

.BIS...NONE

RGT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-031000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
439 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ESPECIALLY CENTRAL. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED

TURNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

NDZ001-009-017-021020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
327 AM CDT (227 AM MDT) WED JUL 2 2003

AT 325 AM CDT (225 AM MDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED TWO BANDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MONTANA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE
NORTHERN BAND WILL MOVE ACROSS DIVIDE AND MUCH OF WILLIAMS COUNTY
WHILE THE SOUTHERN BAND WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH SUNRISE.

THOMSON

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRISN ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
730 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 AM    26 N WILLISTON            ND   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/03   WILLIAMS                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

THOMSON

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:20 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRISN ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
820 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 AM         BLACKTAIL DAM       ND    TWO TRAILERS OVERTURNED/
                WILLIAMS                  REPORTED BY PARK MANAGER

KROLAK

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:30 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRISN ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
830 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 AM         WILLISTON         ND        ONE TRAILER OVERTURNED
                WILLIAMS                    AND RESTING ON THE HOOD
                                            OF A TRUCK/REPORTED BY NWS

KROLAK

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:35 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRISN ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
835 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 AM         BLACKTAIL DAM     ND        TWO TRAILERS OVERTURNED/
                WILLIAMS                    REPORTED BY PARK MANAGER

KROLAK

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:49 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

849 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0840 AM    LANSFORD                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/02/03   BOTTINEAU                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0845 AM    3 W MOHALL                ND   70 MPH TSTM GUST

07/02/03   RENVILLE                       ESTIMATED WIND REPORT

                                          BY PUBLIC.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	62 min
Jul 2, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	63 min
Jul 2, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	63 min
Jul 2, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	50 min
Jul 2, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	59 min
Jul 2, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	59 min
Jul 2, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	64 min
Jul 2, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	55 min
Jul 2, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	27 min
Jul 2, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	55 min
Jul 2, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2003 Every 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.