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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2010Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2010, 12:21 PM CDT for Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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 25, 2010, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2010, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

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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 Jun 25, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:08 AM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
408 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-260915-
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-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
408 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 /308 AM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...SOME COULD BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:48 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1148 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

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

1220 AM     HAIL             PARSHALL                47.95N 102.14W
06/25/2010  M1.00 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTED UNTIL 1230 AM CDT. GROUND WHITE
            WITH HAIL. CARS DENTED. SCREEN DOOR WINDOW BROKEN WITH
            WIND-DRIVEN HAIL.

&&

JVINING

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:49 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1149 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

NDZ019-020-251730-
MERCER ND-OLIVER ND-
1149 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN OLIVER AND CENTRAL MERCER
COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT/1130 AM MDT/...

AT 1048 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEULAH...OR 52 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DICKINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HANNOVER...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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.

ABELING

Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:58 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1158 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

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

1210 AM     FLOOD            PARSHALL                47.95N 102.14W
06/25/2010                   MOUNTRAIL          ND   PUBLIC

            OCCURRED 1210 AM CDT TO 1230 AM CDT. WATER RUNNING DOWN
            THE STREET. LARGE TREE LIMBS FLOATING DOWN THE STREET.

&&

JVINING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	62 min
Jun 24, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	23 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke	28 min
Jun 24, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder	64 min
Jun 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke	30 min
Jun 24, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons	27 min
Jun 24, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Ward	65 min
Jun 24, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	26 min
Jun 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	65 min
Jun 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	53 min
Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	61 min
Jun 24, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Emmons	6 hr
Jun 24, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	26 min
Jun 24, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	48 min
Jun 24, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan	56 min
Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	46 min
Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	33 min
Jun 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	61 min
Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	50 min
Jun 24, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	28 min
Jun 24, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	39 min
Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	62 min
Jun 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	6 hr
Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Logan	5 hr
Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	64 min
Jun 24, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	38 min
Jun 24, 11:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	33 min
Jun 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	47 min
Jun 25, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	53 min
Jun 25, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	40 min
Jun 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	28 min
Jun 25, 12:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	6 hr
Jun 25, 1:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	45 min
Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mercer	3 hr
Jun 25, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	47 min
Jun 25, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	54 min
Jun 25, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	64 min
Jun 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	63 min
Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	53 min
Jun 25, 4:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	3 hr
Jun 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	54 min
Jun 25, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	30 min
Jun 25, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Stark	46 min
Jun 25, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	65 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	65 min
Jun 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	62 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	63 min
Jun 25, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	66 min
Jun 25, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	29 min
Jun 25, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.