Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2008, 12:31 AM CDT for Kidder County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
- Sep 23, 2008, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2008, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kidder County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KBIS 230531
SVRBIS
NDC043-093-230615-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0430.080923T0531Z-080923T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1231 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHASE LAKE...OR
39 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PETTIBONE BY 1240 AM CDT...
WOODWORTH BY 1250 AM CDT...
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 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4723 9886 4693 9941 4697 9967 4733 9952
4733 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 212DEG 28KT 4703 9949
$$
HW2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 230547
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1247 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008
NDC043-093-230615-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-080923T0615Z/
STUTSMAN ND-KIDDER ND-
1246 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIDDER AND NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTIES...
AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PETTIBONE...OR 36 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY AT 100 AM CDT
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4723 9886 4693 9941 4697 9967 4733 9952
4733 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 212DEG 28KT 4713 9939
$$
HW000
WWUS53 KBIS 230614
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
114 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008
NDC043-093-230624-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-080923T0615Z/
STUTSMAN ND-KIDDER ND-
114 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIDDER AND
NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT/1215 AM
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.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4723 9886 4693 9941 4697 9967 4733 9952
4733 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 212DEG 28KT 4731 9922
$$
WETZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 28 min |
| Sep 22, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 66 min |
| Sep 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Emmons | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 29 min |
| Sep 22, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Wells | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2008Every 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.