Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 544
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 15, 2003, 2:40 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; 19 counties in North Dakota; Harding County, South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2003, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Harding County, SD
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Prairie | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Prairie | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 38 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Powder River and 3 more | 85 min |
| Jun 15, 5:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Wibaux | 115 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.