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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 19, 2005Mercer County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 2:01 AM MDT for Mercer County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 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 19, 2005, 2:01 AM MDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2005, 2:36 AM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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 18, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 19, 12:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 190802
SVRBIS
NDC057-059-190845-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0096.050619T0801Z-050619T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
201 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 245 AM MDT(345 AM CDT)

* AT 159 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HEBRON...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HEBRON AROUND NOW
  RURAL SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY AROUND 220 AM MDT
  RURAL CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY AROUND 230 AM MDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4680 10210 4684 10180 4720 10177 4720 10213
      4708 10214

$$

HEINERT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 190829
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
329 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC057-059-190845-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050619T0845Z/
MERCER ND-MORTON ND-
229 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 220 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEBRON...OR ABOUT 47 
MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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 4680 10210 4684 10180 4720 10177 4720 10213
      4708 10214

$$

HEINERT

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 190836
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
336 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC057-059-190846-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050619T0845Z/
MERCER ND-MORTON ND-
236 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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(500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM MDT SUNDAY
MORNING(800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING) FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4680 10210 4684 10180 4720 10177 4720 10213
      4708 10214

$$

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, 12 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:55 PM MDT, 12 hours 6 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, 21 hours 44 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:35 AM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
135 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0125 AM     HAIL             7 W BOWMAN              46.18N 103.55W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        BOWMAN             ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:37 AM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
137 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0129 AM     HAIL             BOWMAN                  46.18N 103.40W
06/19/2005  0.88 INCH        BOWMAN             ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
138 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0129 AM     HAIL             BOWMAN                  46.18N 103.40W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        BOWMAN             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WEATHER MOD RADAR OPERATOR REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
            50 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
144 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0123 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 S DICKINSON           46.81N 102.78W
06/19/2005  84 MPH           STARK              ND   ASOS

            ASOS 84 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
147 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0133 AM     HAIL             DICKINSON               46.89N 102.78W
06/19/2005  1.75 INCH        STARK              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

VROLLER

Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:51 AM MDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
251 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

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

0240 AM     HAIL             RYDER                   47.92N 101.67W
06/19/2005  1.00 INCH        WARD               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AIR FORCE REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL BY MISSILE CREW AT
            RYDER.

&&

VROLLER

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, 12:03 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	57 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, 2:18 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

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.