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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 12, 2004Pierce County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2004, 1:06 AM CDT for Pierce County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2004, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pierce County, ND

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 2240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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 Jul 11, 2:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
200 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

.SHORT TERM...
PROBLEMS AGAIN TODAY INCLUDE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...TIMING AND
LOCATIONS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOST FIELDS WITH
DIFFERENCES IN AXIS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION PROGGD BY ALL MODELS. GFS
SIGNIFICANTLY FARTHER SOUTH WITH THIS AXIS WHILE ETA HAS MOVED
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ALONG AND NORTH OF CANADIAN BORDER...FARTHER
NORTH THAN 00Z AND 06Z SOLUTIONS.  SURFACE LOW PRESSURE FROM EASTERN
ALTA TO NORTHERN WY ON MSAS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH GFS SOLUTION.
GFS QPF AFFECTED WITH CONVECTION FEEDBACK BUT WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW
GFS LOCATION AND HAVE ADDED A FEW MORE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES TO
ONGOING FLOOD WATCH. SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH STATE TONIGHT WITH
LINGERING CONVECTION...POSSIBLY SEVERE...CONTINUING INTO EARLY AM ON
MONDAY. HAVE DELETED SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS RIDGE
BUILDS AND CWA REMAINS IN DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW SURFACE AND ALOFT ON
EAST SIDE OF RIDGE AXIS.

.LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...H500 NORTHWEST FLOW BEGINS TO TURN MORE
ZONAL...EVEN A BIT SOUTHWEST BEGINNING ON SATURDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINS TO DIG...FLATTENING THE RIDGE. 00Z
GFS GENERATES A SERIES OF SURFACE LOWS TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN
PLAINS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ECMWF NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT...AND SO I
JUST LEFT POPS AS IS UNTIL THE NEXT RUN. GRIDS STILL IN GOOD
COORDINATION AND MADE FEW CHANGES.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 14Z CENTRAL.

&&

HW/SHULZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:28 AM CDT, 20 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
428 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-120927-
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
428 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SPREAD EAST IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

RGT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1155 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

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

1142 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 NW POWERS LAKE       48.67N 102.80W
07/11/2004  81 MPH           BURKE              ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1156 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

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

1140 PM     TSTM WND GST     HAZEN                   47.30N 101.62W
07/11/2004  60 MPH           MERCER             ND   PUBLIC

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 AM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

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

1155 PM     TSTM WND GST     DOUGLAS                 47.86N 101.50W
07/11/2004  74 MPH           WARD               ND   PUBLIC

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:18 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1218 AM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

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

1205 AM     TSTM WND GST     15 W BENEDICT           47.83N 101.41W
07/12/2004  75 MPH           MCLEAN             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:21 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1221 AM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

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

1205 AM     TSTM WND GST     KENMARE                 48.67N 102.08W
07/12/2004  70 MPH           WARD               ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN

&&

VJR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:43 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1243 AM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

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

1215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MAX                     47.82N 101.29W
07/12/2004                   MCLEAN             ND   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED

&&

VJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	57 min
Jul 11, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	61 min
Jul 11, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	63 min
Jul 11, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	67 min
Jul 11, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	39 min
Jul 11, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	62 min
Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	63 min
Jul 11, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	62 min
Jul 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	34 min
Jul 12, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	55 min
Jul 12, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	54 min
Jul 12, 12:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	50 min
Jul 12, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	55 min
Jul 12, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	51 min
Jul 12, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	52 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.