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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 1, 2005McLean County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 11:39 PM CDT for McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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 1, 2005, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

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, 8 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 19 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 52 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, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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 51 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

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:52 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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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, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	53 min

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Sources

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