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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 2, 2008Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 2:38 PM CDT for Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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: Aug 2, 2008, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Foster County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 2, 2:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:44 AM CDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
444 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-046>048-050-051-030945-
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-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
444 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 /344 AM MDT SAT AUG 2 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
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE
CRITERIA. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS IS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON
MONDAY AS PERIODIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.

NDZ040>045-030945-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
444 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 /344 AM MDT SAT AUG 2 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON
MONDAY AS PERIODIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.

KJB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 10:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1057 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 2008

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

1054 AM     HAIL             6 NE GLENBURN           48.57N 101.13W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1051 TO 1054 CDT

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Aug 2, 11:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1106 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 2008

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

1052 AM     HAIL             LANSFORD                48.63N 101.38W
08/02/2008  M0.75 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL FROM 1052 TO 1055 CDT

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Aug 2, 11:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1112 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 2008

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

1104 AM     HAIL             3 SE LANSFORD           48.60N 101.33W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FROM 1104 TO 1106 QUARTER SIZE

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Aug 2, 11:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1124 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 2008

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

0745 PM     HAIL             1 S NEW TOWN            47.97N 102.49W
08/01/2008  M0.75 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0750 PM     HAIL             23 NW KILLDEER          47.60N 103.10W
08/01/2008  M2.50 INCH       DUNN               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0815 PM     HAIL             PLAZA                   48.03N 101.96W
08/01/2008  M1.00 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            ON GOING AND HAIL GETTING BIGGER, ALSO 45 TO 50 MPH
            WINDS. RELAYED BY THE MEDIA

0824 PM     HAIL             8 N MAKOTI              48.08N 101.81W
08/01/2008  M1.50 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY MEDIA

0855 PM     HAIL             14 NW HALLIDAY          47.50N 102.55W
08/01/2008  M1.75 INCH       DUNN               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL,HAILING FOR 15 MINUTES AND
            ON GOING.

0914 PM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
08/01/2008  M0.88 INCH       WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HAIL AT KXMC STUDIO

0915 PM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
08/01/2008  M1.00 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            IN VICINITY OF THE DAKOTA SQUARE MALL, RELAYED BY THE
            MEDIA.

0917 PM     HAIL             HALLIDAY                47.35N 102.34W
08/01/2008  M1.00 INCH       DUNN               ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL ON GOING AND HAS BEEN FOR 20 MINUTES.

0919 PM     HAIL             SURREY                  48.24N 101.13W
08/01/2008  M0.88 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY MEDIA

0942 PM     HAIL             3 S NEW TOWN            47.94N 102.49W
08/01/2008  M1.75 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LASTED 3 MINUTES BUT SPOTTER DROVE AWAY FROM STORM.

0608 AM     HAIL             1 NW ROSS               48.32N 102.55W
08/02/2008  E1.75 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            EGG SIZE HAIL

0609 AM     HAIL             3 NNW STANLEY           48.36N 102.41W
08/02/2008  M1.00 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FROM 609 AM TO 611 AM. HEAVY RAIN.

0652 AM     HAIL             DONNYBROOK              48.51N 101.89W
08/02/2008  E1.75 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. WIND TO 60 MPH. HEAVY RAIN.

0714 AM     HAIL             3 NNW STANLEY           48.36N 102.42W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ONE INCH HAIL

0730 AM     HAIL             ROSEGLEN                47.75N 101.83W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   MESONET

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND RAIN 1.35 INCHES

0801 AM     HAIL             10 SW GLENBURN          48.41N 101.37W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       WARD               ND   MESONET

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0806 AM     HAIL             6 S DOUGLAS             47.77N 101.50W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   MESONET

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FROM 806 TO 813 CDT

0818 AM     HAIL             MAX                     47.82N 101.29W
08/02/2008  E0.88 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   MESONET

            NICKEL HAIL FROM 818 TO 821 CDT STILL OCCURRING

0850 AM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
08/02/2008  E1.75 INCH       WARD               ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            LOTS OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

0859 AM     HAIL             FOXHOLM                 48.37N 101.57W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0920 AM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
08/02/2008  E1.25 INCH       WARD               ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

1000 AM     HAIL             S GLENBURN              48.51N 101.22W
08/02/2008  E0.75 INCH       RENVILLE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL OCCURRING NOW

1004 AM     HAIL             N GLENBURN              48.51N 101.22W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       RENVILLE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

1023 AM     HAIL             3 SE LANSFORD           48.60N 101.33W
08/02/2008  E0.88 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL HAIL FROM 1023 TO 1029 CDT

1052 AM     HAIL             LANSFORD                48.63N 101.38W
08/02/2008  M0.75 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL FROM 1052 TO 1055 CDT

1054 AM     HAIL             6 NE GLENBURN           48.57N 101.13W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1051 TO 1054 CDT

1104 AM     HAIL             3 SE LANSFORD           48.60N 101.33W
08/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FROM 1104 TO 1106 QUARTER SIZE

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Aug 2, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 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
Aug 1, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	58 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	50 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	56 min
Aug 1, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	37 min
Aug 1, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	50 min
Aug 1, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	63 min
Aug 1, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	47 min
Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	36 min
Aug 1, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	52 min
Aug 1, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	29 min
Aug 1, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail	62 min
Aug 1, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	31 min
Aug 1, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn	22 min
Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	48 min
Aug 1, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	53 min
Aug 2, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	51 min
Aug 2, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Williams	51 min
Aug 2, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	56 min
Aug 2, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	44 min
Aug 2, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	34 min
Aug 2, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Renville	46 min
Aug 2, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	35 min
Aug 2, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	43 min
Aug 2, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	33 min
Aug 2, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	40 min
Aug 2, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	56 min
Aug 2, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	43 min
Aug 2, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	60 min
Aug 2, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	54 min
Aug 2, 6:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	62 min
Aug 2, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	68 min
Aug 2, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville, Ward	59 min
Aug 2, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Renville, Ward	64 min
Aug 2, 8:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	59 min
Aug 2, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	35 min
Aug 2, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	37 min
Aug 2, 9:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	53 min
Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	62 min
Aug 2, 9:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	61 min
Aug 2, 9:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	58 min
Aug 2, 10:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	66 min
Aug 2, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville	58 min
Aug 2, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	6 hr
Aug 2, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	26 min
Aug 2, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette, Ward	62 min
Aug 2, 11:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Rolette	34 min
Aug 2, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	55 min
Aug 2, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Ward	63 min
Aug 2, 12:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	64 min
Aug 2, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	56 min
Aug 2, 1:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	6 hr
Aug 2, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	16 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.