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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 6, 2005Dunn County, McLean County, Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 9:39 PM MDT for Dunn County, McLean County, Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 68 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 6, 2005, 9:39 PM MDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 10:47 PM MDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dunn County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 6, 4:15 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 070340
SVRBIS
NDC025-055-057-070445-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0063.050607T0339Z-050607T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
939 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT(1145 PM CDT)

* AT 1035 PM CDT(935 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HALLIDAY TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF ZAP...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  50 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON TO 41 MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 945 PM MDT
  ZAP AROUND 950 PM MDT
  BEULAH AROUND 955 PM MDT
  RAUB AROUND 1110 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4779 10259 4775 10243 4777 10238 4784 10238
      4785 10209 4752 10172 4745 10170 4699 10188
      4699 10194 4702 10199 4761 10266

$$

JC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 070409
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1109 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NDC025-070419-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-050607T0445Z/
DUNN ND-
1009 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING(MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT
TUESDAY MORNING(300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4784 10236 4784 10236 4785 10208 4752 10172
      4745 10170 4700 10188 4700 10194 4717 10214
      4734 10215 4735 10220 4758 10220 4775 10229
      4779 10226 4781 10236 4779 10238

$$

NDC055-057-070445-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-050607T0445Z/
MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-
1009 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM MDT(1145 PM
CDT) FOR WESTERN MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1105 PM CDT(1005 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST
OF RAUB TO 7 MILES EAST OF BEULAH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 58
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT TO 51 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RAUB BY 1120 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING(MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT
TUESDAY MORNING(300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4784 10236 4784 10236 4785 10208 4752 10172
      4745 10170 4700 10188 4700 10194 4717 10214
      4734 10215 4735 10220 4758 10220 4775 10229
      4779 10226 4781 10236 4779 10238

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 070447
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1146 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NDC055-057-070456-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-050607T0445Z/
MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-
1046 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MERCER AND
NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM MDT(1145 PM CDT)...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED TO EASTERN 
MCLEAN COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING(MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.


LAT...LON 4784 10236 4784 10236 4785 10208 4752 10172
      4745 10170 4700 10188 4700 10194 4717 10214
      4734 10215 4735 10220 4758 10220 4775 10229
      4779 10226 4781 10236 4779 10238

$$

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 Jun 6, 1:10 PM MDT, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:10 PM MDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
210 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.SHORT TERM...
MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS STREAMING INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE
LOW. CAPES WILL BE RISING THIS AFTERNOON AND A LOW LEVEL JET WILL
MOVE INTO THE STATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN IN
THE FAR WEST BEFORE SUNSET.  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA HAS THE HIGHEST RISK OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.  THE ETA AND
GFS MODELS SHOW MAXIMUM CONVERGENCE AND THE MOST QPF JUST NORTH OF A
SURFACE LOW CENTER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL ND. SHORT WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH A LINGERING
SURFACE LOW TO MAINTAIN A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THEN A
PERSISTENT  SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A GOOD CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...MADE VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED
FORECAST PACKAGE AS INHERITED FORECAST LOOKING GOOD. LATEST GFS80
SOLUTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AN UPPER LOW OVER MT ON SUNDAY. THIS
WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FALLS UNDER VERY
GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND DECENT MOISTURE ADVECTION.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ND FROM 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...

&&

LM/NH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:34 AM MDT, 18 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
434 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-070933-
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
434 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA
THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE LOW...THEN MOVE
INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
923 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     GOLVA                   46.73N 103.98W
06/06/2005  60 MPH           GOLDEN VALLEY      ND   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CPRINDIVILLE

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0915 PM     HAIL             NEW ENGLAND             46.54N 102.87W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        HETTINGER          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

CPRINDIVILLE

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:49 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
949 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0900 PM     HAIL             16 SE AMIDON            46.32N 103.08W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        SLOPE              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

CPRINDIVILLE

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:59 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
959 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

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

0940 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 NW HETTINGER          46.08N 102.74W
06/06/2005                   ADAMS              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CPRINDIVILLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	57 min
Jun 6, 7:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	24 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	45 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bowman	45 min
Jun 6, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	51 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	44 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	40 min
Jun 6, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	48 min
Jun 6, 8:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams	31 min
Jun 6, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	31 min
Jun 6, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	65 min
Jun 6, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	54 min
Jun 6, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	48 min
Jun 6, 10:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	43 min
Jun 6, 10:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, McLean, Morton and 1 more	64 min
Jun 6, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	64 min
Jun 6, 10:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	58 min
Jun 6, 11:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	59 min
Jun 6, 11:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Sheridan	65 min
Jun 6, 11:55 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan	23 min
Jun 7, 12:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	36 min
Jun 7, 12:47 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	34 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant	55 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	44 min
Jun 7, 5:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	2 hr
Jun 7, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	62 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.