Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 12:01 PM MDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2006, 12:01 PM MDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 12:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Grant County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 10:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 Aug 24, 8:08 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:08 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 908 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 .UPDATE... BASED ON A QUICK LOOK AT QPF PROGS AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR NDZ001-NDZ002-NDZ003-NDZ004-NDZ005-NDZ009-NDZ010-NDZ011-NDZ012- NDZ013-NDZ017-NDZ018-NDZ019-NDZ020-NDZ021-NDZ022-NDZ023-NDZ025- NDZ034-NDZ035-NDZ036-NDZ037-NDZ047-NDZ048-NDZ050-NDZ051. && LEBLANG
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:22 AM MDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-250930- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 /322 AM MDT THU AUG 24 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...THEN END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 24, 10:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1117 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1058 AM HAIL 2 W UNDERWOOD 47.45N 101.18W
08/24/2006 E0.75 INCH MCLEAN ND PUBLIC
HAIL WAS ONGOING AND FALLING LIGHTLY
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 10:28 AM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1128 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 AM HAIL WASHBURN 47.29N 101.03W
08/24/2006 E0.75 INCH MCLEAN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL OCCURRING STILL AT 1127 AM CDT.
&&
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Aug 24, 10:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1140 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 AM HAIL WASHBURN 47.29N 101.03W
08/24/2006 E1.00 INCH MCLEAN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERE SIZE HAIL 1125 AM CDT TO 1135 AM CDT...LARGEST
STONES QUARTER SIZE. INFORMATION FROM WASHBURN WARNING
POINT.
&&
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Aug 24, 11:12 AM MDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1212 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 PM HAIL GLADSTONE 46.86N 102.57W
08/24/2006 E1.75 INCH STARK ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
STILL OCCURRING AT 1212 PM CDT.
1210 PM HAIL GLADSTONE 46.86N 102.57W
08/24/2006 E1.75 INCH STARK ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL STILL OCCURRING AT 1212 PM CDT.
&&
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Aug 24, 11:26 AM MDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1226 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM HAIL MANDAREE 47.74N 102.68W
08/24/2006 E1.00 INCH MCKENZIE ND PUBLIC
RELAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA.
&&
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Aug 24, 11:52 AM MDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1252 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM HAIL RICHARDTON 46.88N 102.32W
08/24/2006 E0.75 INCH STARK ND TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
&&
VJENSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 10:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 2:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 5:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 5:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 6:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 6:50 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 6:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 7:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 7:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 8:43 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 9:13 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 10:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 10:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Stark | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 10:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 10:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 11:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail and 1 more | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 11:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 12:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 12:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 12:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 12:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 12:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 12:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 12:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 1:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 1:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 1:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 1:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 1:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 2:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Kidder | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sioux | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 4:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.