Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2004, 12:10 AM CDT for Pierce County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 2, 2004, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2004, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pierce 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 980 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KBIS 020510 SVRBIS NDC069-020545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1209 AM CDT MON AUG 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RUGBY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY AROUND 1220 AM CDT RURAL NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY AROUND 1230 AM CDT LAT...LON 4849 10010 4831 10015 4820 9956 4843 9950 $$
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 Aug 1, 2:10 PM CDT, 10 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:10 PM CDT, 10 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 210 PM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 .SHORT TERM... MID SUMMER BOUNDARY LAYER HEAT AND MOISTURE...UNDER SOUTHWARD DEPRESSED WESTERLIES... WILL BRING AN ACTIVE PERIOD AS NUMEROUS RIPPLES IN THE FLOW AND SURFACE BOUNDARIES ACT AS TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION. THE BROADER PICTURE HAS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE ROCKIES AND THEN MOVING EAST INTO THE PLAINS...BUT ITS DRYING EFFECTS WILL NOT BE FELT IN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. .LONG TERM... H500 RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO WRN NEBRASKA ON THURSDAY AND BUILDS EAST OVER THE DAKOTAS BY FRIDAY. WILL KEEP POPS OUT FOR THESE 2 DAYS...BUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AS LARGE H500 LOW MOVES INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS FROM BC/WA/OR. WILL GO WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH PRECIP CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AS H500 LOW LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AFTER THIS FEATURE THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SCALE H500 RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS FOR DRY WEATHER ON SUNDAY. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && LEBLANG/VINING
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:22 AM CDT, 19 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020921- ADAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-BOTTINEAU ND-BOWMAN ND-BURKE ND-BURLEIGH ND- DICKEY ND-DIVIDE ND-DUNN ND-EMMONS ND-FOSTER ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND- GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-KIDDER ND-LA MOURE ND-LOGAN ND-MCHENRY ND- MCINTOSH ND-MCKENZIE ND-MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-MORTON ND-MOUNTRAIL ND- OLIVER ND-PIERCE ND-RENVILLE ND-ROLETTE ND-SHERIDAN ND-SIOUX ND- SLOPE ND-STARK ND-STUTSMAN ND-WARD ND-WELLS ND-WILLIAMS ND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...BOWMAN...CROSBY... DICKINSON...JAMESTOWN...MINOT AND WILLISTON 422 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN MONTANA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE CRITERIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
631 PM CDT SUN AUG 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 14 NE HAYNES 46.12N 102.26W
08/01/2004 1.00 INCH ADAMS ND TRAINED SPOTTER
GROUND WHITE WITH HAIL
&&
VJRLocal storm report, Aug 1, 6:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
643 PM CDT SUN AUG 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HAIL 17 S ELGIN 46.16N 101.85W
08/01/2004 0.88 INCH GRANT ND TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
VJRLocal storm report, Aug 1, 6:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 PM CDT SUN AUG 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM HAIL 50 W SELFRIDGE 46.04N 101.97W
08/01/2004 1.75 INCH SIOUX ND BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
VJRLocal storm report, Aug 1, 9:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
937 PM CDT SUN AUG 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM HAIL NEWBURG 48.71N 100.91W
08/01/2004 1.00 INCH BOTTINEAU ND PUBLIC
&&
TWHSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1012 PM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-025-033>037-041-042-044>048-050-051- 020309- A MCHENRY ND-MCINTOSH ND-MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-MORTON ND-MOUNTRAIL ND- OLIVER ND-PIERCE ND-RENVILLE ND-ROLETTE ND-SHERIDAN ND-SIOUX ND- STARK ND-STUTSMAN EAN ND-MERCER ND-MORTON ND-MOUNTRAIL ND- OLIVER ND-PIERCE ND-RENVILLE ND-ROLETTE ND-SHERIDAN ND-SIOUX ND- STARK ND-STUTSMAN ND-WARD ND-WELLS ND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...DICKINSON... JAMESTOWN AND MINOT 1012 PM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 680 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TWH
Local storm report, Aug 1, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1059 PM CDT SUN AUG 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1022 PM TSTM WND DMG RUGBY 48.37N 99.99W
08/01/2004 PIERCE ND BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE BLOWN DOWN
&&
TWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.