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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 26, 2008Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 3:24 PM MDT for Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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: Jun 26, 2008, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dunn County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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
Jun 26, 3:44 PM MDT	HAIL 1	7 Nnw Taylor, ND	44 MPH WINDS AND 0.22 INCHES RAINFALL

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 26, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 262124
SVRBIS
NDC025-089-262230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0155.080626T2124Z-080626T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
324 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HIRSCHVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR BY 340 PM MDT...
  5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHARDTON BY 350 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 4690 10270 4708 10271 4722 10217 4705 10215
      4705 10216 4699 10215 4698 10214 4669 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 269DEG 21KT 4699 10257

$$

CJS/JV

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 262138
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
438 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

NDC025-089-262230-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080626T2230Z/
STARK ND-DUNN ND-
337 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTIES...

AT 337 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HIRSCHVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT
24 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR BY 345 PM MDT...
  5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHARDTON BY 355 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 4690 10270 4708 10271 4722 10217 4705 10215
      4705 10216 4699 10215 4698 10214 4669 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 269DEG 21KT 4700 10248

$$

CJS/JV

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 262155
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
455 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

NDC025-089-262230-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080626T2230Z/
STARK ND-DUNN ND-
354 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
HIRSCHVILLE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL AT 410 PM MDT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS 
WILL ALSO IMPACT GLADSTONE NEAR 355 PM MDT...TAYLOR NEAR 400 PM 
MDT...AND RICHARDTON BY 415 PM MDT.
 
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4690 10270 4708 10271 4722 10217 4705 10215
      4705 10216 4699 10215 4698 10214 4669 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 269DEG 21KT 4703 10236

$$

CJS/JV

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 Jun 26, 1:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
250 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER ALBERTA WITH SHORTWAVE AHEAD OF IT MOVING INTO
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH
SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING SHOWING WEAKENING CAP WITH 1500 TO 2000 CAPE.
MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW K INDEX ON THE 35 TO 40 RANGE SUGGESTING
HEAVY RAIN AS WELL. HAVE FOCUSED ON CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR SEVERE
THREAT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. AFTER SEVERE THREAT HAS PASSED LATER
TONIGHT...PATH OF UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
HAVE SPECIFIED 25 TO 35 MPH AT THIS TIME. DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH
OF THE H850 JET (50-60 KTS ON NAM) MAY NEED A WIND ADVISORY
EVENTUALLY. BUILDING H5 RIDGE OVER MONTANA/WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL CAP ANY PRECIP CHANCES. THE TEMPERATURES WILL
BE MUCH COOLER FOR SATURDAY...ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SLIGHT
RECOVERY SUNDAY BUT REMAINING COOL EAST.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW SIMILAR H5 HEIGHTS AND A NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW
OVER NORTH DAKOTA AROUND A SHARP UPPER RIDGE AXIS OVER THE ROCKIES.
THIS WILL GIVE DRY/WARM WEATHER FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SHORTWAVE
ENERGY ROTATING AROUND A CANADIAN UPPER LOW BEGINS TO FLATTEN THE
RIDGE TUESDAY...AND REMAINS THIS WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EXTENDED. IN ADDITION...A SFC LOW PRESSURE/FRONT SETS UP OVER NEAR
OR ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER DURING THIS PERIOD. THUS WILL CARRY A
SLIGHT CHC/CHC POPS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT OVER THE
CWA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 80S MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN COOL DOWN INTO THE UPPER 70S BY THURSDAY.
OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 50S INTO THE LOWER 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT OVER EASTER MONTANA WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
ADDITIONAL AREAS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH VFR CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED...THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 45KT...LARGE HAIL...AND
HEAVY RAIN INTO EARLY TONIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE
POSSIBLE IN/NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. ALL AERODROMES HAVE A MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...BREEZY TO WINDY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
SET UP ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&

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

&&

WAA/KS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:24 AM MDT, 11 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
524 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-271030-
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-
524 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 /424 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2008/

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

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH FAVORABLE LOW
LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS TO SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN BISMARCK FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AND FOR LIKELY
WATCHES AND WARNINGS THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MINIMAL HOWEVER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

NH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
238 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

0235 PM     HAIL             WATFORD CITY            47.80N 103.27W
06/26/2008  M0.75 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KBIRK

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
311 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

0255 PM     HAIL             2 ENE GRASSY BUTTE      47.41N 103.21W
06/26/2008  E0.88 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            LASTED 7 MINUTES.

&&

CP

Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:22 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
422 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

0420 PM     HAIL             10 NE HALLIDAY          47.45N 102.19W
06/26/2008  M0.88 INCH       MERCER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL STILL FALLING

&&

KBIRK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 11:59 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	61 min
Jun 26, 12:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	47 min
Jun 26, 1:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	65 min
Jun 26, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	59 min
Jun 26, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	33 min
Jun 26, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	42 min
Jun 26, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	57 min
Jun 26, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean	65 min
Jun 26, 4:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	54 min
Jun 26, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Grant, Mercer, Morton, Stark	66 min
Jun 26, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Sheridan	57 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	35 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	47 min
Jun 26, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Oliver	61 min
Jun 26, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver	60 min
Jun 26, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Wells	66 min
Jun 26, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan	56 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.