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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 7, 2004Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2004, 6:25 PM CDT for Divide County, Williams 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 7, 2004, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams 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
Aug 7, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 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 072325
SVRISN
NDC023-105-080010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
625 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS EXTENDED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BURKE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES AT 700 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4899 10404 4866 10404 4866 10290 4871 10290
          4871 10296 4899 10296
$$
RK

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 7, 3:00 AM CDT, 15 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:00 AM CDT, 15 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

.SHORT TERM...
ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY ON TAP AS STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST
ACROSS THE STATE...WITH A PRECEDING UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH CAPES OF
1500-3500 J/KG. A BLEND OF ETA/NGM/GFS PUTS THE FRONT ABOUT 60 MILES
WEST OF A MINOT/BISMARCK LINE AT MAX HEATING (22Z). I EXPECT
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AT THAT TIME AND MOVE EAST
ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.

ON SUNDAY WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE
ENOUGH TO KICK OFF SOME INSTABILITY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS...WITH
THE BEST CHANCE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.

ON MONDAY...COLD AIR ALOFT AND LINGERING MOISTURE FROM THE...SLOW TO
DEPART...MID LEVEL LOW...WILL MAKE FOR A PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY
AS DIURNAL CU FIELDS DEVELOP AND SPREAD OUT OVER MOST OF OUR REGION
BY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...
UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ON TUESDAY...BUT COULD BE A
FEW LINGERING SHOWERS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CWA. OTHERWISE...IT LOOKS
DRY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD
OVER THE ROCKIES.  NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP COOL HIGH
PRESSURE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  SO...EXPECT TEMPS
TO BE MAINLY BELOW NORMAL...BUT RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL BY FRIDAY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

LEBLANG/FORS

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:41 AM CDT, 14 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
341 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080840-
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
341 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
331 PM CDT SAT AUG 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 PM     HAIL             6 NNE BOWMAN            46.26N 103.35W
08/07/2004  0.88 INCH        BOWMAN             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0322 PM     HAIL             SSW AMIDON              46.48N 103.32W
08/07/2004  0.88 INCH        SLOPE              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SW

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
607 PM CDT SAT AUG 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 E NEW ENGLAND         46.54N 102.74W
08/07/2004  70 MPH           HETTINGER          ND   PUBLIC

            KNOCKED DOWN GRAIN AUGER.

&&

SW

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
607 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

NDZ017-031-032-040-043-072304-
BILLINGS ND-BOWMAN ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND-MCKENZIE ND-SLOPE ND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWMAN
607 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 717 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR
SOUTHWEST...

THE COUNTIES OF BOWMAN...SLOPE...BILLINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY AND
MCKENZIE ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	50 min
Aug 7, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	60 min
Aug 7, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	57 min
Aug 7, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	55 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	64 min
Aug 7, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	63 min
Aug 7, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	52 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	59 min
Aug 7, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	61 min
Aug 7, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	57 min
Aug 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2004 Every 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.