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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 1, 2005Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 11:09 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 1, 2005, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2005, 12:02 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward 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
Jul 1, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 020411
SVRBIS
NDC101-020515-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0178.050702T0409Z-050702T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TAGUS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF   
MINOT...AND NEAR MAKOTI...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BURLINGTON AROUND 1125 PM CDT
  DES LACS AROUND 1145 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4845 10192 4786 10186 4786 10105 4845 10154

$$

JENSEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020448
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1146 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NDC101-020515-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-050702T0515Z/
WARD ND-
1146 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN WARD COUNTY...

AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF BERTHOLD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF MINOT...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF DES LACS BY 1155 PM CDT

IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY 
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4845 10192 4786 10186 4786 10105 4845 10154

$$

JENSEN

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020502
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1202 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005

NDC101-020512-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-050702T0515Z/
WARD ND-
1202 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4845 10192 4786 10186 4786 10105 4845 10154

$$
WAA

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 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

.SHORT TERM...
00Z 4KM NSP WRF MODEL PROJECTS CONVECTION ENTERING OUR FAR WEST
AFTER 22Z...REACHING BIS/MOT BY 03Z AND THEN DYING OFF WITH THE LOSS
OF DAYTIME HEATING. ON THE OTHER HAND THE 12Z ETA TAKES THE CURRENT
CONVECTION ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AND TURNS IS SOUTHWARD
INTO OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES. THE MONTANA ACTIVITY IS HELD UP BY MID
LEVEL RIDGING SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER ONLY BECOMES A FACTOR ON
SATURDAY. HOWEVER ON SATURDAY THE ETA PUSHES THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
TROUGH EAST OF BISMARCK BEFORE THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION FIRES UP.
THIS MAY LESSEN CHANCES FOR CONVECTION IN MY WESTERN ZONES SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.LONG TERM...KEPT IN LOW POPS 12Z TUES THROUGH 12Z WED AS A WEAK
SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. GFS80 AND OTHER LONG
RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING
OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. NORTHERN PLAINS REMAINS UNDER NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED.
EXPECT THIS PERIOD TO BE DRY AND TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY INCREASE
EACH DAY...WITH THE WARMEST BEING FRIDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF
THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE CREST MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

&&

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

&&

RSL/NH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:47 AM CDT, 18 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
447 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020946-
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
447 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY.

JP MARTIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
915 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NDZ001-009-017-020245-
DIVIDE-MCKENZIE-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...CROSBY AND WATFORD CITY
915 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FAR
NORTHWEST...

AT 910 PM CDT...THE COUNTIES OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND MCKENZIE HAVE
BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST. THIS
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WILLISTON...TIOGA...AND CROSBY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

ABELING

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
918 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0900 PM     HAIL             STANLEY                 48.32N 102.39W
07/01/2005  1.00 INCH        MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            18 MINS QUARTER SIZE HAIL 854 PM CDT TO 912 PM CDT,
            RELAYED BY TOM SCHRAEDER.

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
920 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0905 PM     HAIL             1 S STANLEY             48.30N 102.39W
07/01/2005  1.50 INCH        MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY ARB RADAR SITE JUST SOUTH OF STANLEY

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
921 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0900 PM     HAIL             1 E ROSS                48.31N 102.52W
07/01/2005  0.88 INCH        MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
948 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0925 PM     HAIL             6 S STANLEY             48.23N 102.39W
07/01/2005  1.00 INCH        MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 915 PM TO 935 PM CDT ALSO 30 TO 40 MPH
            WINDS AND 1.00 INCH RAINFALL. ARB OBSVR 546

&&

VROLLER

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:52 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1052 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NDZ002-018-031>034-040>045-020415-
ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOWMAN-BURKE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-
MORTON-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...MANDAN...MOTT...
MEDORA...HETTINGER AND BEACH
1052 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1045 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS CANCELLED FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF GOLDEN VALLEY...BILLINGS...DUNN...STARK...MORTON...GRANT...SIOUX
...ADAMS...HETTINGER...SLOPE AND BOWMAN. THE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
CANCELLED FOR BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

ABELING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail	55 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	63 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	41 min
Jul 1, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	61 min
Jul 1, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	61 min
Jul 1, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	27 min
Jul 1, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	64 min
Jul 1, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	53 min
Jul 1, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	12 min
Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	60 min
Jul 1, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	56 min
Jul 1, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Renville, Ward	42 min
Jul 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	30 min
Jul 1, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.