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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 19, 2004Burke County, Renville County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2004, 1:24 PM CDT for Burke County, Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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
May 19, 2004, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burke County, ND, Renville County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 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.

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 191824
SVRBIS
NDC013-075-191915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
122 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA   
  NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT 27
  MILES EAST OF CROSBY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLAXTON AROUND 150 PM CDT
  BOWBELLS AROUND 200 PM CDT
  NORTHGATE AROUND 210 PM 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.

LAT...LON 4899 10290 4876 10287 4872 10150 4899 10153

$$
JENSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau61 min
May 19, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBISPierce, Rolette66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.