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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 24, 2006Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2006, 6:19 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 24, 2006, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2006, 6:58 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2006-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2006-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 242319
SVRBIS
NDC015-043-250015-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0178.060724T2319Z-060725T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
619 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...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
  DRISCOLL...OR ABOUT 28 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DRISCOLL AROUND 625 PM CDT...
  STEELE AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWSON AROUND 715 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4692 10029 4672 10032 4665 9948 4694 9948

$$
MEYER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242338
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
637 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

NDC015-242347-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-060725T0015Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
637 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

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

LAT...LON 4692 10005 4670 10006 4665 9948 4694 9948

$$

NDC043-250015-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-060725T0015Z/
KIDDER ND-
637 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN KIDDER COUNTY...

AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEELE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF
BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF TAPPEN AROUND 710 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4692 10005 4670 10006 4665 9948 4694 9948

$$
MEYER
000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242358
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
654 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

NDC043-250004-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-060725T0015Z/
KIDDER ND-
654 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KIDDER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

THOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM JUST SOUTH OF STEELE TO NEAR NAPOLEON 
WHICH IS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK.  ALL THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND COULD STILL PRODUCE SMALL 
HAIL...BRIEF GUST WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS.  

LAT...LON 4692 10005 4670 10006 4665 9948 4694 9948

$$
MEYER

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 Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton61 min
Jul 24, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.