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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 29, 2008Burleigh County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2008, 3:39 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 29, 2008, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 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 292041
SVRBIS
NDC015-083-292115-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0013.080529T2039Z-080529T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
339 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WING...OR 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BISMARCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WING BY 345 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THIS STORM IS
PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING CAN
BE A KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4704 10044 4719 10059 4742 10040 4723 10011
      4721 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 235DEG 24KT 4717 10040

$$
HW
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KBIS 292053
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
353 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NDC015-083-292115-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080529T2115Z/
SHERIDAN ND-BURLEIGH ND-
353 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BURLEIGH AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WING...OR 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY AT 410 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4704 10044 4719 10059 4742 10040 4723 10011
      4721 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 235DEG 24KT 4722 10029

$$
HW
000 
WWUS53 KBIS 292116
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
413 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NDC015-083-292123-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080529T2115Z/
SHERIDAN ND-BURLEIGH ND-
413 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BURLEIGH AND 
SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM OVER NORTHERN BURLEIGH AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN HAS 
WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 4704 10044 4719 10059 4742 10040 4723 10011
      4721 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 235DEG 24KT 4730 10013

$$
HW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams40 min
May 29, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams56 min
May 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail, Williams59 min
May 29, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.