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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 1, 2005Mercer County, Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2005, 9:28 PM MDT for Mercer County, Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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 1, 2005, 9:28 PM MDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2005, 10:08 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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.

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
Jun 1, 2:30 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 1, 8:50 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 020329
SVRBIS
NDC057-059-065-020415-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0052.050602T0328Z-050602T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1028 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT(1015 PM MDT)

* AT 1024 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
  MPH AT HEBRON.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTH OF ZAP...OR ABOUT 
  37 MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ZAP AROUND 940 PM MDT
  BEULAH AROUND 945 PM MDT
  HAZEN AROUND 950 PM MDT

LAT...LON 4703 10213 4689 10185 4675 10160 4674 10120
      4709 10132 4746 10165 4729 10212

$$

VINING

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020354
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1052 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC057-059-065-020415-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050602T0415Z/
MERCER ND-OLIVER ND-MORTON ND-
1052 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT(1015 PM
MDT) FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON...WESTERN OLIVER AND MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 1050 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM  
7 MILES SOUTH OF HAZEN...OR ABOUT 47 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
BISMARCK...TO NEAR GOLDEN VALLEY. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH...AND WERE PRODUCING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH STRAIGHT LINE 
WINDS AHEAD OF THE STORMS UP TO 60 MPH. 

THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
EVENING(1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY
MORNING(200 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING) FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4703 10213 4689 10185 4675 10160 4674 10120
      4709 10132 4746 10165 4729 10212

$$

VINING

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020408
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC057-059-065-020418-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050602T0415Z/
MERCER ND-OLIVER ND-MORTON ND-
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON...WESTERN
OLIVER AND MERCER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH 
AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY
MORNING(200 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING) FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4703 10213 4689 10185 4675 10160 4674 10120
      4709 10132 4746 10165 4729 10212

$$

VINING

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 Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
310 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
CONCERNS WILL BE STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT.

UPPER LOW OVER SASKATCHEWAN WILL LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL
JET OF 25 TO 35 KTS ENHANCING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL ND
WITH OVERRUNNING ACROSS WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SRN ND. STRONG
DYNAMIC SITUATION WITH STEEP LAPS RATES LIKELY AS TEMPS HAVE RISEN
CLOSE TO 80 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ND. MODELS CURRENTLY SHOW A
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST PRECIP FORECAST AND THAT LOOKS GOOD
CONSIDERING POSITION OF UPPER LEVEL JET AND ITS DIFFLUENT REGION.
WILL KEEP HIGH HIGH PROBABILITIES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTH
WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE FOCUS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
THURSDAY MORNING...BUT WILL KEEP A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS GOING AS COLD AIR ALOFT WILL ENHANCE LAPSE RATES NORTH
BUT SUBSIDENCE HINDERS CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTH. ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC
FLOW AND COLD AIR MAINTAIN STEEP LAPSE RATES AND INSTABILITY.

.LONG TERM...
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ON SUNDAY AN UPPER LOW AND SURFACE
LOW OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA LIFTS NORTH GRADUALLY AS AN H500
SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WEAK RIDGE
GIVES WAY TO A LARGE LOW MOVING INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE NORTHWEST
CONUS COAST AND DOMINATES THE WEATHER PATTERN
TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND BEYOND THE LAST DAY OF THE EXTENDED
FORECAST. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD
WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE

&&

WAA/JV

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:22 PM MDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
322 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-022020-
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
322 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY EARLY
EVENING...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

CJS/WAA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
758 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0755 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 SW MANDAN            46.73N 101.04W
06/01/2005                   MORTON             ND   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED

&&

CJS/LLP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
819 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 N SELFRIDGE           46.17N 100.92W
06/01/2005  60 MPH           SIOUX              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CJS/LLP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
836 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0835 PM     HAIL             10 W NEW SALEM          46.84N 101.63W
06/01/2005  1.00 INCH        MORTON             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 117 ON
            INTERSTATE 94

&&

CJS/LLP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
851 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0830 PM     HAIL             12 S MOTT               46.20N 102.32W
06/01/2005  0.75 INCH        ADAMS              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0844 PM     TORNADO          1 NE MOTT               46.38N 102.30W
06/01/2005                   HETTINGER          ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0845 PM     HAIL             HEBRON                  46.90N 102.04W
06/01/2005  0.88 INCH        MORTON             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CJS/LLP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
905 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0903 PM     TORNADO          15 W NEW LEIPZIG        46.38N 102.26W
06/01/2005                   HETTINGER          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO TORNADOES ON THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME

&&

CJS/LLP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
923 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

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

0918 PM     TORNADO          15 S GLEN ULLIN         46.60N 101.83W
06/01/2005                   GRANT              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TORNADO REPORTED ON WEST END OF LAKE TSCHIDA

&&

CJS/LLP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	34 min
Jun 1, 6:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	26 min
Jun 1, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	42 min
Jun 1, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	18 min
Jun 1, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	18 min
Jun 1, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	41 min
Jun 1, 7:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	39 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean	47 min
Jun 1, 7:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton	43 min
Jun 1, 7:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Hettinger	27 min
Jun 1, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	50 min
Jun 1, 8:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	23 min
Jun 1, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	28 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	55 min
Jun 1, 8:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mercer	28 min
Jun 1, 8:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	30 min
Jun 1, 8:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	32 min
Jun 1, 9:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Ward	57 min
Jun 1, 9:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	26 min
Jun 1, 10:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	41 min
Jun 1, 11:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	6 hr
Jun 2, 12:26 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	34 min
Jun 2, 1:09 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.