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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 2005McHenry County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 12:55 AM CDT for McHenry County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2005, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McHenry County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 070555
SVRBIS
NDC049-083-070700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0072.050607T0555Z-050607T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1255 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORWICH TO 11
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCLUSKY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
  MILES EAST OF MINOT TO 39 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCLUSKY...GRANVILLE AND BERGEN AROUND 105 AM CDT
  DENHOFF...KIEF AND KARLSRUHE AROUND 115 AM CDT
  BALFOUR AROUND 120 AM CDT
  DENBIGH AND DRAKE AROUND 130 AM CDT
  BANTRY AROUND 140 AM CDT

LAT...LON 4849 10029 4735 10014 4738 10065 4767 10067
      4768 10058 4785 10058 4786 10088 4811 10100
      4855 10102

$$

WAA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 070637
SVSBIS

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

NDC083-070646-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050607T0700Z/
SHERIDAN ND-
136 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

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

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT.

LAT...LON 4849 10029 4788 10023 4787 10046 4806 10064
      4817 10076 4855 10102

$$

NDC049-070700-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050607T0700Z/
MCHENRY ND-
136 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
MCHENRY COUNTY...

AT 136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES WEST OF BANTRY TO 8 MILES EAST OF DRAKE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWNER AND BANTRY BY 150 AM CDT


LAT...LON 4849 10029 4788 10023 4787 10046 4806 10064
      4817 10076 4855 10102

$$

WAA

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 070658 RRA
SVSBIS

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

NDC049-070708-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050607T0700Z/
MCHENRY ND-
158 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCHENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200
AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4849 10029 4788 10023 4787 10046 4806 10064
      4817 10076 4855 10102

$$

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, 2:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 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, 20 hours 21 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

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:10 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1210 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-070524-
ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOWMAN-BURKE-DIVIDE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-HETTINGER-
MCKENZIE-MOUNTRAIL-SLOPE-STARK-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...
WATFORD CITY...STANLEY...MOTT...MEDORA...HETTINGER AND BEACH
1210 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ENDED...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING BUT THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:29 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1229 AM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

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

1203 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 46.77N 100.70W
06/07/2005                   BURLEIGH           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BURLEIGH COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTS ROOF BLOWN OFF OF TRAILER
            HOME ESTIMATED WINDS 60 MPH +

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:32 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1232 AM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

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

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     15 WNW MANDAN           46.91N 101.18W
06/07/2005                   MORTON             ND   PUBLIC

            PARKED 24 FOOT PULL TYPE CAMPER SPUN AROUND IN 60 MPH +
            WINDS

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:34 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1234 AM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

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

1205 AM     HAIL             BISMARCK                46.81N 100.77W
06/07/2005  0.75 INCH        BURLEIGH           ND   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC AT CENTURY PARK IN
            NORTHEAST BISMARCK

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:36 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1236 AM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

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

1202 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 46.77N 100.70W
06/07/2005                   BURLEIGH           ND   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OF IN LICOLN
            MEADOWS TRAILER PARK. WINDS 60 MPH +

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:39 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1239 AM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

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

1228 AM     HAIL             LANSFORD                48.63N 101.38W
06/07/2005  0.75 INCH        BOTTINEAU          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NWS COOP OBSERVER REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL

&&

VROLLER

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, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, McLean, Morton and 1 more	64 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	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.