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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 26, 2008Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT for Emmons 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: Jun 26, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Emmons County, ND

The radar

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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, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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, 2:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 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, 5:24 AM CDT, 15 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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

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

0515 PM     HAIL             HAZEN                   47.30N 101.62W
06/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       MERCER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0515 PM     HAIL             HAZEN                   47.30N 101.62W
06/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       MERCER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TMCARTHUR

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	67 min
Jun 26, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Morton, Sioux	60 min
Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	25 min
Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	60 min
Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.