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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 6, 2004Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2004, 10:25 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 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, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 9.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

347 
WUUS53 KBIS 070325
SVRBIS
NDC101-070430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1025 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINOT

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINOT AROUND 1030 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 4789 10168 4790 10106 4841 10106 4841 10174

$$

SHK

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, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	30 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, 10:34 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

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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.