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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 25, 2007Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2007, 10:52 PM CDT for Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2007, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2007-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2786 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 2007-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
2786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Rolette61 min

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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.