Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 12:03 AM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2005, 12:03 AM MDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bowman County, ND
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:25 AM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 W Bowman, ND | |
| Jun 19, 12:29 AM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bowman, ND | |
| Jun 19, 12:29 AM MDT | HAIL 1 | Bowman, ND | WEATHER MOD RADAR OPERATOR REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND GUST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.
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 18, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KBIS 190603 SVRBIS NDC011-190700- /O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0089.050619T0603Z-050619T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1203 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BOWMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWMAN * UNTIL 100 AM MDT * AT 1157 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF BOWMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWMAN AROUND 1235 AM MDT LAT...LON 4619 10398 4598 10391 4599 10312 4625 10308 $$ LM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 190633 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 132 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC011-190700- /O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-050619T0700Z/ BOWMAN ND- 1232 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL BOWMAN COUNTY... AT 1230 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF BOWMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4619 10398 4598 10391 4599 10312 4625 10308 $$ HEINERT
000 WWUS53 KBIS 190657 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 157 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC011-190707- /O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-050619T0700Z/ BOWMAN ND- 1257 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOWMAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 AM MDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4619 10398 4598 10391 4599 10312 4625 10308 $$ HEINERT
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 18, 1:55 PM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:55 PM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 255 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS IMPRESSIVE...STRONG CAP HOLDING PRETTY STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE BEST AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH...WHERE CAP SEEMS TO BE BREAKING. WILL ALIGN THE CHC FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES ORIENTED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MODELS HINT AT DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET MONDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE MCS OVER WRN ND...SO HAVE SPREAD A CHANCE FOR NOCTURNAL STORMS MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH. EXPECT A SLOW COOLING TREND AS THE SFC COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE SWING THROUGH...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO CLOSE TO NORMAL VALUES BY TUESDAY. .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SHORT WAVES MOVING OVER THE RIDGE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY... AND SATURDAY. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR WELLS...KIDDER...FOSTER...STUTSMAN...LOGAN... LAMOURE...MCINTOSH...AND DICKEY COUNTIES THIS EVENING. && WAA/TSW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:17 AM MDT, 19 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 517 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191016- 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 517 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VINING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 11:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 11:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 12:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 12:25 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stark | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 12:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Stark | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 1:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 1:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 1:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 1:59 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Oliver | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 2:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 2:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 2:30 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 2:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 3:21 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 3:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Wells | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:48 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.