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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 2011Emmons County, Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 12:49 AM CDT for Emmons County, Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2011, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Emmons County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Kintyre, ND	POLE BARN DESTROYED. STOCK TRAILER WAS ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 2239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

787 
WUUS53 KBIS 030549
SVRBIS
NDC029-047-051-030645-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0011.110603T0549Z-110603T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1249 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL   
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE          
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZELTON TO 10     
  MILES WEST OF ASHLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRADDOCK...DANZIG...ASHLEY...WISHEK...GREEN LAKE...KINTYRE...
  BURNSTAD...NAPOLEON...LEHR AND FREDONIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4625 10024 4663 10047 4662 9905 4594 9901
      4594 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 235DEG 45KT 4647 10021 4638 10005
          4610 9964
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

HAMILTON/TARDIF-HUBER

2 follow-up statements

821 
WWUS53 KBIS 030607
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
107 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NDC029-047-051-030645-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110603T0645Z/
EMMONS ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-
107 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCINTOSH...
LOGAN AND NORTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAZELTON TO DANZIG...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREDONIA...NAPOLEON...BURNSTAD AND LEHR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 80 MPH AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4626 10015 4663 10047 4662 9905 4594 9901
      4593 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 235DEG 45KT 4665 9998 4621 9922
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.50IN

$$

HAMILTON/TARDIF-HUBER

059 
WWUS53 KBIS 030633
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
133 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NDC029-051-030642-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110603T0645Z/
EMMONS ND-MCINTOSH ND-
133 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCINTOSH AND NORTHEASTERN
EMMONS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4662 9989 4662 9905 4640 9903 4630 9904
      4630 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 235DEG 45KT 4670 9945 4643 9890

$$

NDC047-030645-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110603T0645Z/
LOGAN ND-
133 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOGAN
COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF STREETER TO 15 
MILES SOUTHEST OF STREETER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4662 9989 4662 9905 4640 9903 4630 9904
      4630 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 235DEG 45KT 4670 9945 4643 9890
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.50IN

$$

HAMILTON/TARDIF-HUBER

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 3, 12:13 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:13 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1213 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

.UPDATE...HOURLY TEMPS. MIN TEMPS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONTINUES ON TRACK WITH ANOTHER AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER INTO
SELFRIDGE AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. APPEARS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN ON SCHEDULE WITH A 3AM CDT ENDING
TIME. DRIER AIR WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S IN
EASTERN MONTANA WILL INFILTRATE THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT
AND HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. LATEST MODEL DATA
SHOWS LESS SHOWER ACTIVITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADVISORY LEVEL
WINDS LIKELY OVER WESTERN AND PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WILL LOOK MORE INTO THIS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN WILL BE THE AERODROMES TO
EXPERIENCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF MINOT WITH DRY CONDITIONS OVER
WILLISTON AND DICKINSON. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY. COULD BE
SOME SHOWERS OVER WILLISTON AFTER 00Z SATURDAY WITH MVFR CEILINGS
POSSIBLY RETURNING.

&&

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

UPDATE/AVIATION...KS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 9:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
956 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021>023-025-031>033-037-040-041-043-
044-048-051-040300-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
956 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 /856 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011/

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...REST OF TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON...WITH A WEST/SOUTHWEST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND
HIGHER GUSTS.

ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH. THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR AT LEAST
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK...AT 1-800-247-0212.

NDZ020-034>036-042-045>047-050-040300-
OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
956 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 /856 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM CDT FRIDAY.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON...WITH A WEST/SOUTHWEST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND
HIGHER GUSTS.

ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH. THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR AT LEAST
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK...AT 1-800-247-0212.

KS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
944 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

0943 PM     HAIL             4 S BOTTINEAU           48.77N 100.44W
06/02/2011  M0.88 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   PUBLIC

            PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL... MOSTLY PEA AND PENNIES...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
945 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

0943 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 S BOTTINEAU           48.77N 100.44W
06/02/2011  M0.80 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   PUBLIC

            RAINFALL TOTAL OVER FIFTEEN MINUTES...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
948 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

0946 PM     HAIL             4 E BOTTINEAU           48.83N 100.36W
06/02/2011  M0.88 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

1000 PM     HAIL             5 NE BOTTINEAU          48.88N 100.37W
06/02/2011  M1.25 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   PUBLIC

            ...PEA TO HALF DALLOR SIZED HAIL... 0.53 OF RAINFALL OVER
            LAST 30 TO 45 MINUTES...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1003 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

1000 PM     HAIL             9 SE BOTTINEAU          48.74N 100.31W
06/02/2011  M0.75 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   PUBLIC

            DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1012 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

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

1011 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BOTTINEAU               48.83N 100.44W
06/02/2011  M1.00 INCH       BOTTINEAU          ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... 1 INCH OF
            RAINFALL OVER 20 MINUTES WITH SMALL HAIL...

&&

LHUBER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	8 days
Jun 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	51 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	45 min
Jun 2, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	54 min
Jun 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	36 min
Jun 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Rolette	5 hr
Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	66 min
Jun 2, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	63 min
Jun 3, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Stutsman	57 min
Jun 3, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman, Wells	64 min
Jun 3, 2:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	32 min
Jun 3, 3:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 17 more	17 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.