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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 24, 2006Burleigh County, Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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: Aug 24, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 24, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Ese Moffit, ND	ALSO HAD HAIL THAT WAS JUST SMALLER THAN A PENNY. 0.40 INCHES OF RAIN. WIND AND HAIL LASTED UNTIL 405 PM CDT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 24, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 242047
SVRBIS
NDC015-029-242145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0310.060824T2047Z-060824T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
347 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DRISCOLL TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HAZELTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES EAST OF
  BISMARCK TO 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HAZELTON AROUND 355 PM CDT...
  BRADDOCK AROUND 410 PM CDT...
  KINTYRE AROUND 425 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4675 10040 4637 10042 4631 9994 4663 9992
      4663 10009 4693 10010

$$

WAA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242105
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

NDC015-242114-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060824T2145Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
404 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4662 10057 4596 10050 4597 9991 4663 9992
      4663 10009 4662 10009

$$

NDC029-242145-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060824T2145Z/
EMMONS ND-
404 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EMMONS COUNTY...

AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
BRADDOCK TO 21 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 33 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK TO 59 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BRADDOCK AROUND 420 PM CDT...
  LINTON AROUND 425 PM CDT...
  KINTYRE AROUND 435 PM CDT...
  STRASBURG AND WESTFIELD AROUND 445 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4662 10057 4596 10050 4597 9991 4663 9992
      4663 10009 4662 10009

$$

WAA

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242142
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
442 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

NDC029-242152-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060824T2145Z/
EMMONS ND-
442 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EMMONS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445
PM CDT...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4662 10057 4596 10050 4597 9991 4663 9992 
      4663 10009 4662 10009

$$

WAA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	36 min
Aug 23, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn	67 min
Aug 23, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	41 min
Aug 24, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	28 min
Aug 24, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	57 min
Aug 24, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	64 min
Aug 24, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	59 min
Aug 24, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mercer	25 min
Aug 24, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	32 min
Aug 24, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	63 min
Aug 24, 8:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 17 more	7 hr
Aug 24, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	59 min
Aug 24, 9:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mercer	32 min
Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	63 min
Aug 24, 10:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	47 min
Aug 24, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Oliver	45 min
Aug 24, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	65 min
Aug 24, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	56 min
Aug 24, 11:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope, Stark	60 min
Aug 24, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail and 1 more	62 min
Aug 24, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	61 min
Aug 24, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	44 min
Aug 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	27 min
Aug 24, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	34 min
Aug 24, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh	38 min
Aug 24, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	24 min
Aug 24, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	35 min
Aug 24, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	57 min
Aug 24, 1:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Mercer	3 hr
Aug 24, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder	32 min
Aug 24, 2:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	3 hr
Aug 24, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	32 min
Aug 24, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan	58 min
Aug 24, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	44 min
Aug 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	29 min
Aug 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Kidder	28 min
Aug 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	28 min
Aug 24, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	52 min
Aug 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	59 min
Aug 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Kidder	3 hr
Aug 24, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	67 min
Aug 24, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Sioux	36 min
Aug 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	57 min
Aug 24, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan	49 min
Aug 24, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	61 min
Aug 24, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	63 min
Aug 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan	56 min
Aug 24, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	3 hr
Aug 24, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	65 min
Aug 24, 6:55 PM CDT	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.