Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT for Kidder 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
- Aug 25, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kidder County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KBIS 252300
SVRBIS
NDC043-260000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
559 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF DAWSON...OR ABOUT 48 MILES
EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBINSON AROUND 635 PM CDT
LAKE WILLIAMS AROUND 650 PM CDT
PETTIBONE AROUND 655 PM CDT
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN STEELE WITH THIS STORM...AS WELL
AS HAIL COVERING INTERSTATE 94 FROM STEELE TO DAWSON.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BISMARCK.
LAT...LON 4695 9998 4685 9974 4701 9951 4724 9950
4729 9980
$$
VININGWhat 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 25, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 250 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 .SHORT TERM... ACTIVE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. RADARS SHOW THUNDERSTORMS IN BEST LIFT REGION NORTH OF WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER REGION OF INTEREST THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM SLIDES EAST THE BETTER CHC FOR PRECIP WILL BE NORTH AND EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW. HAVE PARCED THE CHC FOR PRECIP ALONG THESE LINES. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BAND OF SHOWERS ALONG FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH COLD ADVECTION THURSDAY. EXPECT COOL SHOWERY DAY WEST TOMORROW. CHC SHOWERS WILL EXTEND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL DRY FORECAST OUT FRIDAY. .LONG TERM... SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ZONAL FLOW AT H500 THROUGH THE LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD. ON SUNDAY A VORT CENTER MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A VORT TAIL EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. KEPT MENTION OF PRECIP OUT MAINLY BECAUSE MOST OF THE ENERGY REMAINS IN CANADA...AND BEYOND DAY 3 OF FORECAST TIMING PROBLEMS ARE NOTORIOUS WITH FAST-MOVING SHORTWAVES. DAYS 5-7 INDICATE MAINLY CHANNELED VORTICITY ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && WAA/JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:09 AM CDT, 13 hours 51 minutes before
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-010000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 409 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-260908- ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOTTINEAU-BOWMAN-BURKE-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-DIVIDE-DUNN- EMMONS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN- MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER- PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-STUTSMAN-WARD- WELLS-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...JAMESTOWN... DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK...MANDAN... WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON... HETTINGER...HARVEY...ELLENDALE...CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT... BEACH AND ASHLEY 409 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 25, 5:13 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
513 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM HAIL STEELE 46.86N 99.92W
08/25/2004 0.75 INCH KIDDER ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SWLocal storm report, Aug 25, 5:31 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
531 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL STEELE 46.86N 99.92W
08/25/2004 1.75 INCH KIDDER ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 65 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.