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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 6, 20057 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 11:41 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 64 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, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 070441
SVRBIS
NDC015-043-047-051-055-059-065-070545-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0068.050607T0441Z-050607T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1141 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK
  SOUTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  EAST CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MANDAN TO 76 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BISMARCK AND MANDAN AROUND 1149 PM CDT
  ASHLEY AROUND 1150 PM CDT
  MENOKEN...MOFFIT...PRICE AND WISHEK AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT
  MCKENZIE AROUND 1205 AM CDT
  BURNSTAD...SANGER...HENSLER AND NAPOLEON AROUND 1210 AM 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 4709 10109 4665 10092 4666 9990 4602 9977
      4598 9901 4716 10049 4782 10110

$$

RSL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 070514
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1213 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

NDC015-043-047-051-055-059-065-070545-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050607T0545Z/
MCLEAN ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-KIDDER ND-BURLEIGH ND-OLIVER ND-
MORTON ND-
1213 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MORTON...EASTERN OLIVER...BURLEIGH...SOUTHWESTERN KIDDER...
MCINTOSH...WESTERN LOGAN AND EASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANGER TO BURNSTAD...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK TO 54
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WASHBURN AND DRISCOLL BY 1220 AM CDT
  REGAN BY 1225 AM CDT
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURTLE LAKE BY 1235 AM CDT

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

LAT...LON 4709 10109 4665 10092 4666 9990 4602 9977
      4598 9901 4716 10049 4782 10110

$$

JC

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, 2:10 PM CDT, 9 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 9 hours 31 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, 4:34 AM CDT, 19 hours 7 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, 9:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 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, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 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, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	57 min
Jun 6, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	24 min
Jun 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	45 min
Jun 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bowman	45 min
Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	51 min
Jun 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	44 min
Jun 6, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	40 min
Jun 6, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	48 min
Jun 6, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams	31 min
Jun 6, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	31 min
Jun 6, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	68 min
Jun 6, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	65 min
Jun 6, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	54 min
Jun 6, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	48 min
Jun 6, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	43 min
Jun 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	64 min
Jun 6, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	58 min
Jun 7, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	59 min
Jun 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Sheridan	65 min
Jun 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan	23 min
Jun 7, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	36 min
Jun 7, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	34 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant	55 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	44 min
Jun 7, 6:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	2 hr
Jun 7, 6:58 PM CDT	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.