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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 13, 2010Grant County, Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2010, 5:56 PM MDT for Grant County, Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 13, 2010, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2010, 6:26 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 12:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

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 Jul 13, 1:27 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:27 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
227 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MINOT AND
GARRISON...BUT AS THE MODELS ADVERTISED THE FRONT HAS STAGNATED
OVER THE BISMARCK AREA RESULTING IN A TILTED FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. THE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST...BUT THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. GOOD CAPE
AND SHEAR INDICATE A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SURFACE DEWPOINTS AND A K INDEX OF 35 OR
BETTER ALSO POINT TOWARD THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. MOST LIKELY
SOME STORMS WILL PROMPT A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD
ADVISORY...BUT IF ANY TRAINING OCCURS...MAY NEED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING. THERE IS ALSO CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST MONTANA WHICH IS
MOVING EAST...SO EVEN THOUGH THE DEWPOINTS AT WILLISTON AND
DICKINSON HAVE DROPPED TO LESS THAN 50 DEGREES...CONTINUE TO SEE
POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION IN THE WEST TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA.
THIS IS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS AT THIS
TIME THAT THEY WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. AGAIN...THERE
IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND FAR
EASTERN COUNTIES. RIDGING ALOFT BEHIND THE LOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD LIMIT THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWN ON WEDNESDAY...BUT SHOULD SEE A
RETURN TO WARMER TEMPERATURE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CONTINUES TO ALLOW UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ALONG WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED SURFACE
LOWS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE LONG TERM FORECAST IS FOR OFF AND ON
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.

&&
.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING AS A SURFACE TROUGH MOVES FROM CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO
THE RED RIVER VALLEY. IN ADDITION THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH WITH LOW SURFACE
DEWPOINTS...BASES SHOULD BE FAIRLY HIGH. WEDNESDAY THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST. STRONG WEST
WINDS WITH STRONG GUSTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN THE
WEST AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE.

&&

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

TSW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
505 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

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

0220 PM     HEAVY RAIN       14 S STEELE             46.65N 99.92W
07/13/2010  M2.20 INCH       KIDDER             ND   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. 2.20 INCHES OF
            RAINFALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
506 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

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

0230 PM     HEAVY RAIN       7 NW STREETER           46.73N 99.46W
07/13/2010  M3.70 INCH       KIDDER             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            3.70 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 45 MINUTES RECORDED AT ANOTHER
            LOCATION AT THE GRASSLAND RESEARCH CENTER.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:19 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
619 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NDZ023-140015-
WELLS-
619 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL WELLS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FESSENDEN BY 625 PM CDT...
  HAMBERG BY 640 PM CDT...
  BREMEN BY 645 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA
UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:47 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail45 min
Jul 12, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMountrail45 min
Jul 12, 7:47 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMountrail43 min
Jul 12, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark66 min
Jul 12, 8:26 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMountrail49 min
Jul 12, 8:33 PM MDTTornado WarningBISStark27 min
Jul 12, 8:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStark112 min
Jul 12, 9:00 PM MDTTornado WarningBISStark30 min
Jul 12, 9:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMountrail, Renville, Ward46 min
Jul 12, 9:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBISHettinger, Stark30 min
Jul 12, 11:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams39 min
Jul 12, 11:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams65 min
Jul 13, 12:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams64 min
Jul 13, 1:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Williams59 min
Jul 13, 2:03 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMountrail3 hr
Jul 13, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Kidder, Logan59 min
Jul 13, 12:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISEmmons, Kidder, Logan4 hr
Jul 13, 1:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Logan, Stutsman65 min
Jul 13, 1:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure, Stutsman59 min
Jul 13, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman63 min
Jul 13, 2:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISStutsman95 min
Jul 13, 2:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStutsman2 hr
Jul 13, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman63 min
Jul 13, 2:56 PM MDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure, Stutsman34 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.