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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 6, 2004Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2004, 9:20 PM CDT for Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 6, 2004, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2004, 9:50 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County 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
Jun 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -76 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 070220
SVRISN
NDC105-070250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
919 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 950 PM CDT

* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF EPPING... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EPPING AT 922 PM CDT
  WHEELOCK AT 930 PM CDT
  RAY AT 945 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4863 10403 4803 10403 4803 10385 4813 10372
          4815 10290 4863 10290
$$

PERRY

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 Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

.SHORT TERM...
ANTICIPATE CONVECTION TO FIRE SHORTLY ON LINE OF CU FORMING ALONG
NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA BORDER. AMS STILL WEAKLY CAPPED BUT
BAMEX...PROGGD SOUNDINGS AND MODELS ALL INDICATE CAP WILL BE BROKEN
SOMETIME LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPS APPROACH 90F WEST. WATCH POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AGAIN. MID LEVEL LOW MOVING ONSHORE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SPLITS AS ONE PIECE OF ENERGY CUTSOFF OVER PAC NW AND
FIRST PIECE MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. CWA IN SW
THEN W THEN SW FLOW THROUGH PERIOD. AS FIRST LOW MOVES EAST THROUGH
NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...WESTERN DAKOTA WILL BE UNTIL INFLUENCE OF
COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH FROM CANADA WITH
BOUNDARY SOUTH OF STATE. CUTOFF LOW WASH COAST EJECTS LATE IN
SHORTERM PERIODS WITH NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM APPROACHING NORTHERN
PLAINS LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...
GFS CONTINUES TO BRING BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP THURSDAY AS H500
LOW/TROUGH LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ALSO SURFACE
LOW/TROUGH FROM MONTANA THROUGH WRN NEBRASKA LIFTS NORTHEAST THRU
THE STATE. KEPT RELATIVELY HIGH POPS FOR THURSDAY. CYCLONIC FLOW
ALOFT CONTINUES THRU SATURDAY...BUT TOOK POPS OUT TO BLEND WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES. SINCE SURFACE HIGH PUSHING IN BY SATURDAY
AGREED TO TAKE IT OUT. KEPT SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW WITH WEAK SURFACE
HIGH. BUT...LATER SHIFTS MAY WANT TO INCREASE POPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT
OR MONDAY AS 50H TROF SWINGS THRU 00Z TUESDAY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JAMES RIVER NEAR LUDDEN.

&&

HW/JV

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:37 AM CDT, 15 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
537 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-071037-
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
537 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON
THEN MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT.  SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AND A
LOW LEVEL JET AHEAD OF A TROUGH IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL INCREASE THE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
844 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

0836 PM     HAIL             BERGEN                  48.00N 100.72W
06/06/2004  1.00 INCH        MCHENRY            ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJR

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:52 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-032>034-040>046-070151-
ADAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-BOWMAN ND-BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-DUNN ND-EMMONS ND-
GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-MCKENZIE ND-MORTON ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-SIOUX ND-
SLOPE ND-STARK ND-WILLIAMS ND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWMAN...CROSBY...DICKINSON AND WILLISTON
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED FROM WESTERN TO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
 WATCH NUMBER 404 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH WATCH NUMBER 405. THIS NEW WATCH COVERS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

COUNTIES WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE:
DIVIDE...BURKE...WILLIAMS...MOUNTRAIL...MCKENZIE...DUNN...BILLINGS
...STARK...MORTON...SLOPE...HETTINGER...MORTON...BURLEIGH...SLOPE...
BOWMAN...ADAMS...SIOUX...GRANT...MORTON AND EMMONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

HW

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
858 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

0855 PM     HAIL             BALFOUR                 47.95N 100.53W
06/06/2004  1.00 INCH        MCHENRY            ND   PUBLIC

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:02 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

0848 PM     HAIL             6 W MAX                 47.82N 101.42W
06/06/2004  1.00 INCH        MCLEAN             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:08 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
908 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

0905 PM     HAIL             KENMARE                 48.67N 102.08W
06/06/2004  0.88 INCH        WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
915 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

0914 PM     HAIL             DRAKE                   47.92N 100.38W
06/06/2004  2.00 INCH        MCHENRY            ND   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

VJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	27 min
Jun 6, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	53 min
Jun 6, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	26 min
Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	29 min
Jun 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Renville, Ward	58 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	27 min
Jun 6, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	55 min
Jun 6, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	32 min
Jun 6, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	27 min
Jun 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	24 min
Jun 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Sheridan	32 min
Jun 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	60 min
Jun 6, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	27 min
Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry	34 min
Jun 6, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville, Ward	56 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	44 min
Jun 6, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	51 min
Jun 6, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	64 min
Jun 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	25 min
Jun 6, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	60 min
Jun 6, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	46 min
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	41 min
Jun 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	65 min
Jun 6, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	61 min
Jun 6, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	57 min
Jun 6, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	25 min
Jun 6, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	14 min
Jun 6, 11:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry	43 min
Jun 6, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	24 min
Jun 6, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	42 min
Jun 7, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	49 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.