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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 14, 2007Sheridan County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2007, 3:29 AM CDT for Sheridan County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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: May 14, 2007, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND

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
May 14, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 140830
SVRBIS
NDC083-103-140900-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0017.070514T0829Z-070514T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
329 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM KRUEGER LAKE TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF HARVEY...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 53 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT TO 61 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DEVILS LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTIN AND HARVEY AROUND 340 AM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4777 10054 4755 9993 4785 9977 4785 10046

$$

NH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 140843
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
342 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

NDC083-103-140900-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070514T0900Z/
SHERIDAN ND-WELLS ND-
342 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WELLS AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KRUEGER LAKE TO HARVEY...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT TO 53 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARVEY NOW...
  SELZ AROUND 350 AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4777 10054 4755 9993 4785 9977 4785 10046

$$

NH

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 140852
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
352 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

NDC083-103-140902-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070514T0900Z/
SHERIDAN ND-WELLS ND-
352 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WELLS AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 AM CDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4777 10054 4755 9993 4785 9977 4785 10046

$$

NH

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 May 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 12 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MT AT THIS TIME. EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST AND INTERACT WITH SEVERAL SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
DEWPOINTS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ARE NOW INTO THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S. COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA EXPECTED TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST AND FACILITATE AN MCS THAT MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION TO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING WILL
MOVE EAST. WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR SHOULD ENABLE THE CAP TO BREAK
BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL KEEP CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FCST
THERE AND MENTION A FEW SEVERE. BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAIN
ACTION WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE MCS EXPECTED TO MOVE. WILL
KEEP HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE NORTH.

SFC LOW DEEPENING AND HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWING BEHIND SO A WINDY DAY
IN STORE FOR MOST OF THE REGION. FEEL THE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE MET FOR MONDAY. COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD
THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70 AND
LOWS IN THE 40S WITH DRY WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES THE
DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES THURSDAY IS FORECAST TO
MOVE EAST AND FLATTEN OVER THE NORTHERN TIER STATES WITH SHORTWAVES
MOVING THROUGH THE MAIN BELT OF THE WESTERLIES ACROSS CENTRAL
CANADA. BY FRIDAY BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SETS UP FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL CANADA TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES. A LONGWAVE TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY AND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES
MOVE THROUGH THE TROUGH TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVES EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND OUT INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUES MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER
STATES AND SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA THROUGH SUNDAY AND BEYOND.

SHOULD BE DRY THURSDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S AND LOWS 45 TO 50.

&&

.AVIATION...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE BORDER OF THE EASTERN DAKOTAS
AND MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE AT UPPER LEVELS
A WEAK IMPULSE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THERE. THIS IMPULSE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST AND CLIP THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING. A STRONGER SHORTWAVE FOLLOWS AND EXPECT A GOOD CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE.
VFR CEILINGS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

WAA/JV

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:24 AM CDT, 23 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
424 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-140930-
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-
424 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 /324 AM MDT SUN MAY 13 2007/

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

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND NORTH DURING
THE DAY TODAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE STATE BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

CJS/JF

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1240 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

1227 AM     TSTM WND GST     DICKINSON               46.89N 102.78W
05/14/2007  M71 MPH          STARK              ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, May 14, 12:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1243 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

1224 AM     TSTM WND GST     HETTINGER               46.00N 102.63W
05/14/2007  M60 MPH          ADAMS              ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, May 14, 1:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
105 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

1130 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BOWMAN                  46.18N 103.40W
05/13/2007                   BOWMAN             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SIX INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, May 14, 1:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
150 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

0130 AM     TSTM WND GST     CARSON                  46.42N 101.57W
05/14/2007  E65 MPH          GRANT              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH.

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, May 14, 2:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
224 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

0218 AM     TSTM WND GST     BISMARCK                46.81N 100.77W
05/14/2007  M63 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, May 14, 2:47 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
247 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

0216 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST DICKINSON               46.89N 102.78W
05/14/2007  M63 MPH          STARK              ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

SWICHE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	43 min
May 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	64 min
May 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	49 min
May 13, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings	50 min
May 13, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	65 min
May 14, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn	61 min
May 14, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux, Stark	58 min
May 14, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	67 min
May 14, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	58 min
May 14, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Oliver	30 min
May 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	50 min
May 14, 2:34 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Oliver, Stark	2 hr
May 14, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.