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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 16, 2005Dunn County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2005, 6:40 PM MDT for Dunn 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2005, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2005, 7:31 PM MDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunn County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 16, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 2375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 170040
SVRBIS
NDC025-170130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0252.050717T0040Z-050717T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT(830 PM CDT)

* AT 635 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DUNN CENTER...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HALLIDAY AROUND 700 PM MDT
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE AROUND 710 PM MDT

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4734 10277 4720 10270 4722 10217 4761 10226

$$
TWH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 170105
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
804 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005

NDC025-170130-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050717T0130Z/
DUNN ND-
704 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT(830 PM
CDT) FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY...

AT 701 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HALLIDAY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN DUNN COUNTY AROUND 720 PM MDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4744 10253 4726 10244 4728 10225 4734 10221
      4758 10220 4761 10226

$$
TWH

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 170131
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
831 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005

NDC025-170141-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050717T0130Z/
DUNN ND-
731 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 730 PM MDT(830 PM CDT)...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING(1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4744 10253 4726 10244 4728 10225 4734 10221
      4758 10220 4761 10226

$$
TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 6:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	54 min
Jul 16, 7:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	56 min
Jul 16, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley	37 min
Jul 16, 7:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	51 min
Jul 16, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	59 min
Jul 16, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	39 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	43 min
Jul 16, 7:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	53 min
Jul 16, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	28 min
Jul 16, 8:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	49 min
Jul 16, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	66 min
Jul 16, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	60 min
Jul 16, 8:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	64 min
Jul 16, 9:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry	31 min
Jul 16, 9:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	59 min
Jul 16, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	31 min
Jul 16, 9:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	34 min
Jul 16, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.