Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 10:57 PM MDT for Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 26, 2008, 10:57 PM MDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 236 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KBIS 270457
SVRBIS
NDC007-033-270600-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0252.080727T0457Z-080727T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1057 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
* AT 1052 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19
MILES NORTH OF SENTINEL BUTTE...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIBAUX...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SENTINEL BUTTE BY 1130 PM MDT...
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDORA BY 1145 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4724 10406 4724 10405 4729 10406 4730 10404
4732 10352 4684 10331 4672 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 330DEG 25KT 4715 10387
$$
BIRK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 270515
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1215 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
NDC007-033-270600-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080727T0600Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY ND-BILLINGS ND-
1115 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FOR WESTERN BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTIES...
AT 1114 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SENTINEL BUTTE...OR 24 MILES EAST OF
WIBAUX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MEDORA BY 1135 PM MDT...
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4724 10406 4724 10405 4729 10406 4730 10404
4732 10352 4684 10331 4672 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 328DEG 25KT 4700 10368
$$
ABELING000
WWUS53 KBIS 270558
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1258 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
NDC007-033-270608-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080727T0600Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY ND-BILLINGS ND-
1158 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BILLINGS AND GOLDEN
VALLEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4724 10406 4724 10405 4729 10406 4730 10404
4732 10352 4684 10331 4672 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 328DEG 25KT 4675 10345
$$
ABELINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 9:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 11:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 12:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 1:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 2:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Emmons | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 2:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 3:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 3:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 4:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 4:32 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 55 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.