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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 11, 2008Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 11:34 AM CDT for Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 11, 2008, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KBIS 111635
SVRBIS
NDC015-043-111730-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0039.080611T1634Z-080611T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1134 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE    
  HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF DRISCOLL...OR 31    
  MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DRISCOLL BY 1145 AM CDT...
  ARENA AND WING BY 1210 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4723 10032 4723 10000 4664 10003 4664 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 176DEG 42KT 4672 10015

$$
NH

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 111649
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1149 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

NDC015-043-111730-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080611T1730Z/
KIDDER ND-BURLEIGH ND-
1149 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN BURLEIGH AND WESTERN KIDDER COUNTIES...

AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF DRISCOLL...OR 30 MILES
EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH AT 48 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARENA AND WING BY 1210 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4723 10032 4723 10000 4664 10003 4664 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 176DEG 42KT 4689 10017

$$

HEINERT

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 111705
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1205 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

NDC015-043-111730-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080611T1730Z/
KIDDER ND-BURLEIGH ND-
1205 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH AND WEST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTIES...

AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF ARENA...OR 30 MILES EAST OF
BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH AT 48 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARENA AND WING BY 1210 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY 
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU 
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4684 10027 4714 10031 4714 10030 4715 10031
      4723 10032 4723 10000 4708 10001 4685 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 176DEG 42KT 4708 10019

$$

HEINERT

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 111726
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1225 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

NDC015-043-111735-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080611T1730Z/
KIDDER ND-BURLEIGH ND-
1225 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH AND WEST
CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...WEAKENED AND NO 
LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 
IN THE LOCAL AREA HOWEVER. 

LAT...LON 4684 10027 4714 10031 4714 10030 4715 10031
      4723 10032 4723 10000 4708 10001 4685 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 176DEG 42KT 4731 10021

$$

HEINERT

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 11, 11:09 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 11:09 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1109 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

.UPDATE...
EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT AND INCREASING IN
AERIAL COVERAGE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL ND. LATEST
MODEL DATA INDICATES SOME ELEVATED CAPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. THUS WILL SEND ANOTHER ZFP UPDATE
TO INCLUDE ISOLD THUNDER FOR ALL ZONES THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 251 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
LATEST REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS A PLETHORA OF MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWA MOVING
NORTHEAST WITH TIME. THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A POTENT
UPPER LOW ROTATING OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WITH TWO JET STREAKS
STRETCHING FROM NV/UT AND ANOTHER OVER EASTERN MONTANA. LATEST
MSAS SHOWS A SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH AN
INVERTED TROF EXTENDING FROM FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA AND BENDING BACK INTO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
THIS HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT...THEN MOVING
NORTHEAST WITH TIME. THE TROF AND SFC LOW WILL MOVE INTO
EASTERN/NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 18Z-00Z. WILL KEEP
RAIN SHOWERS WITH A MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TOWARD 00Z THU AS A
DRY SLOT PUNCHES IN. THIS WILL DIMINISH PRECIPITATION QUICKLY
TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE STATE. H5 TEMPS OF -20C TO -24C AND H85-H5 LAPSE RATES OF
AROUND 6.5 C/KM WILL PROMOTE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFT/EVE HOURS. THE
UPPER LOW DEPARTS ON FRIDAY WITH RESIDUAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS CONTINUING AGAIN MAINLY IN THE AFT/EVE. WITH H85 TEMPS
AROUND +4C TO +5C THIS AFT AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFT...EXPECT HIGHS
ONLY IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. WARMER ON FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.

LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS WITH A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES COMING
THROUGH SAT/SUN BRINGING A SLIGHT CHC OF SHOWERS/TSTMS.
THEREAFTER...500MB HEIGHTS ON BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF RISE AS A RIDGE
AMPLIFIES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY OVER NORTH DAKOTA. THIS WILL BRING
DRIER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA MON/TUE. EXTENDED MODELS
BRING ANOTHER UPPER LOW ALONG THE US/CANADIAN BORDER WED/THU
BRINGING BACK A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN.

AVIATION...
RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOMINATE THE
AERODROMES TODAY WITH IFR/MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH
00Z THU. SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY WHICH WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

&&

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

99/99

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:17 AM CDT, 7 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>044-047-048-120930-
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-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /317 AM MDT WED JUN 11 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

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SOME
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER
OFF TOWARD EVENING...BEGINNING FIRST IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND
MOVING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE FOR A DECREASE OF
SHOWER ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
MOVES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF
ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH YOUR REPORT.

NDZ045-046-050-051-120930-
SIOUX-EMMONS-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT/700 AM MDT/
FOR CENTRAL SIOUX...DICKEY...MCINTOSH AND SOUTHERN EMMONS
COUNTIES...

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE COMMON
IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE
SAME AREA WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
MOVES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF
ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH YOUR REPORT.

KS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
856 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0615 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW FULLERTON         46.18N 98.43W
06/11/2008                   DICKEY             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNED TREE BRANCHES 4 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1003 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ELLENDALE               46.00N 98.52W
06/11/2008                   DICKEY             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREE 1 FT DIAMETER BROKEN DOWN AND 3 INCH BRANCHES DOWN

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1010 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE ASHLEY             46.08N 99.28W
06/11/2008                   MCINTOSH           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES BROKEN DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:29 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1129 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

1128 AM     HAIL             WASHBURN                47.29N 101.03W
06/11/2008  M0.75 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

LLP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	48 min
Jun 11, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	53 min
Jun 11, 1:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Emmons, McIntosh, Sioux	9 hr
Jun 11, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	66 min
Jun 11, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	26 min
Jun 11, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	60 min
Jun 11, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	59 min
Jun 11, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	62 min
Jun 11, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Oliver	37 min
Jun 11, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	39 min
Jun 11, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	43 min
Jun 11, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	30 min
Jun 11, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	37 min
Jun 11, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Logan	56 min
Jun 11, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan	38 min
Jun 11, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	54 min
Jun 11, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	33 min
Jun 11, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	24 min
Jun 11, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	46 min
Jun 11, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	35 min
Jun 11, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Wells	61 min
Jun 11, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	63 min
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.