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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 7, 2007Billings County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2007, 5:59 PM MDT for Billings County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2007, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2007, 6:29 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Billings County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 7, 6:05 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Sw Fairfield, ND	A FEW HAIL STONES TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES.

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

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
Aug 7, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 072359
SVRBIS
NDC007-080100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0256.070807T2359Z-070808T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
559 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 555 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SOUTH FAIRFIELD...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH FAIRFIELD AROUND 605 PM MDT...
  FAIRFIELD AROUND 615 PM MDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4713 10348 4702 10319 4715 10306 4732 10305
      4732 10334

$$

NH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 080009
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
709 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007

NDC007-080100-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-070808T0100Z/
BILLINGS ND-
609 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS COUNTY...

AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH FAIRFIELD...
OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS COUNTY AROUND 620 PM MDT...

LAT...LON 4713 10348 4702 10319 4715 10306 4732 10305
      4732 10334

$$

NH

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 080029
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
729 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007

NDC007-080039-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-070808T0100Z/
BILLINGS ND-
629 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4713 10348 4702 10319 4715 10306 4732 10305
      4732 10334

$$

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 Aug 7, 2:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
323 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
CONVECTION ALREADY BEGINNING ALONG DRY LINE IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
WITH SOME STORMS FORMING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MONTANA AS WELL AS CU FIELD IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SOMEWHAT INVERTED V LOOKING SO WIND MAY BE AN
ISSUE AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL.

SURFACE TROUGH FROM KGGW TO KMLS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS MID LEVEL
TROUGH OVER NORTHERN ROCKIES BEGINS TO ACCELERATE TO THE EAST
REACHING NORTH DAKOTA BORDER BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TROUGH STALLS OVER
CENTRAL DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION
ENDING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT CONTINUING EAST.

SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALLOWS A CHANCE FOR NO WEATHER IN GRIDS FOR
DAYTIME HOURS ON THURSDAY BEFORE ENERGY IN SOUTHWEST FLOW REACHES
WESTERN BORDER BY FRIDAY MORNING AND WITH LEE CYCLOGENSIS FRIDAY
MOVING AS DEEPER LOW ONTO NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT FOR MORE CHANCE POPS.

.LONG TERM...

&&

.AVIATION...

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 17/31/32/33/40/41/43/44 ALL
HAVE REACHED NEARLY TO RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AT THIS TIME AND RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT WILL BE
CONTINUED.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NDZ017-031>033-040-041-043-044.

&&

HW/TSW

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:00 AM MDT, 13 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
500 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080915-
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-
500 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007 /400 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 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 WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY ALONG THE
MONTANA/NORTH DAKOTA BORDER. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL INITIATE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE.

STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP OVER FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 17/18/31/32/33/40/41/43/44 THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE FROM CENTRAL MONTANA INTO EASTERN MONTANA BY THIS EVENING
ALLOWING HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20 PERCENT RANGE WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FROM 1 PM CDT/NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WEAK
SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA DURING THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MIGRATE THROUGH THE STATE
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...AND
WEDNESDAY.

KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 4:16 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more	14 hr
Aug 7, 3:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	56 min
Aug 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	64 min
Aug 7, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger, Slope	48 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	40 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	62 min
Aug 7, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.