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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 23, 2007Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 23, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2007, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rolette County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3381 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.7

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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 23, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 5:54 AM CDT, 17 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
554 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-034-035-241100-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-
BURLEIGH-
554 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 /454 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM 95 TO NEAR 103 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUES ON TUESDAY. HEAT RELATED
ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ036-037-045>048-050-051-241100-
KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
554 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE
90S AND DEWPOINT VALUES AROUND 70 WILL CREATE A HEAT INDEX AROUND
105 THIS AFTERNOON. USE CAUTION AS THIS DEGREE OF HEAT CAN HAVE
ADVERSE EFFECTS ON YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL TOWARDS SUNDOWN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY CAN BE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL
ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ040-043-241100-
SLOPE-BOWMAN-
454 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES DUE TO EXPECTED LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS UP TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...IN
COMBINATION WITH FUELS CURING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES TUESDAY...ALONG WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 15 TO 30 MPH. THUS ANOTHER FIRE WEATHER WATCH OR RED FLAG
WARNING IS LIKELY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ017-018-031>033-041-042-044-241100-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-
554 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 /454 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM 95 TO NEAR 104 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUES ON TUESDAY. HEAT RELATED
ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OR
RED FLAG WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH DRY RANGELAND TO CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:34 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more16 hr
Jul 24, 5:19 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2007Every 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.