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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 22, 2011Burleigh County, Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2011, 10:12 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 min. 8 reports 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: Jul 22, 2011, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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
Jul 22, 10:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Crown Butte Lake, ND
Jul 22, 10:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Crown Butte Lake, ND
Jul 22, 10:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	Mandan, ND
Jul 22, 11:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Bismarck, ND	LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH. ALSO ONE HALF INCH HAIL.
Jul 22, 11:01 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	2 S Bismarck, ND	LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH. ALSO ONE HALF INCH HAIL.
Jul 22, 11:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mandan, ND	ONGOING IN CITY.
Jul 22, 11:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mandan, ND	NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER...
Jul 22, 11:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Mandan, ND

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 7 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 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
Jul 22, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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: 1986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 7.2

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The text

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

008 
WUUS53 KBIS 230312
SVRBIS
NDC015-059-065-230415-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0165.110723T0312Z-110723T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1012 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM HENSLER TO ALMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BISMARCK...MANDAN...HENSLER...SWEET BRIAR LAKE...JUDSON...CROSS
  RANCH STATE PARK...SANGER...CROWN BUTTE LAKE...PRICE...DOUBLE DITCH
  INDIAN VILLAGE...NEW JOHNS LAKE...BALDWIN...ST. ANTHONY...REGAN...
  LINCOLN...HUFF...MENOKEN...WING...FORT RICE AND MCKENZIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4652 10131 4663 10130 4663 10171 4672 10173
      4672 10185 4724 10161 4724 10121 4728 10118
      4730 10107 4725 10097 4716 10096 4716 10075
      4732 10074 4732 10011 4698 10011 4698 10008
      4663 10026 4664 10065 4653 10054 4643 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 278DEG 43KT 4728 10111 4677 10142
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN

$$

SCHECK/TAEGER

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 22, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
718 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

.UPDATE...
TORNADO WATCHES 673 AND 674 ARE IN EFFECT FOR LARGE PARTS OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY. SEE PRODUCT BISWCNBIS
REDEFINING STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IN EASTERN MONTANA WAS ADVANCING
TOWARD THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER WITH WINDS 65 TO 75 MPH REPORTED
THROUGH EASTERN MONTANA.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE VERY HIGH THIS EVENING WEST...INCREASING
CENTRAL AFTER 9 PM CDT.

&&
.AVIATION...
TAFS REFLECT TIMING OF EXPECTED STORMS. AVIATION INTERESTS NEED
TO BE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING AND
POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT...SPREADING WEST TO EAST. STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND TORNADOES.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-035>037-047-048-050-
051.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR NDZ001-
009-017-018-031>034-040>046.

&&

JP MARTIN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:41 AM CDT, 17 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
441 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-230945-
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-
441 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 /341 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ACROSS WESTERN AND
FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. VERY LARGE
HAIL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND A TORNADO OR TWO MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST AND
CENTRAL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRIMARY
THREATS TRANSITIONING TO DAMAGING WINDS AND POTENTIAL FLASH
FLOODING. WHILE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
OVER THE PAST WEEK ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...THE
THREAT OF MANY AREAS BEING IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR SUGGEST FLASH
FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR FRIDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE LIKELY
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WITH MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

AYD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
933 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

0823 PM     TORNADO          1 S THEODORE ROOSEVELT  47.59N 103.26W
07/22/2011                   MCKENZIE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WITNESSES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ONE SEMI WAS
            PICKED UP AND HIT ANOTHER.

&&

PAYD

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:35 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
935 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

0905 PM     TSTM WND GST     17 SW RHAME             46.06N 103.91W
07/22/2011  E60 MPH          BOWMAN             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LATE REPORT.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
938 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

0905 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MEDORA                  46.91N 103.52W
07/22/2011                   BILLINGS           ND   PUBLIC

            CAMP GROUNDS FLOODED. RAINFALL ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 4
            INCHES.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:53 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
953 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

0930 PM     HAIL             ZAP                     47.29N 101.92W
07/22/2011  M1.25 INCH       MERCER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...WITH HEAVY RAIN

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:54 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
954 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

0953 PM     HEAVY RAIN       10 NE DUNN CENTER       47.46N 102.47W
07/22/2011  M2.45 INCH       DUNN               ND   MESONET

            2.45 INCHES IN 1 HOUR...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jul 22, 10:02 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1002 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

1001 PM     HAIL             REGENT                  46.42N 102.56W
07/22/2011  E1.00 INCH       HETTINGER          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

PAYD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	60 min
Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams	65 min
Jul 22, 7:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	6 hr
Jul 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Stark	6 hr
Jul 22, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	39 min
Jul 22, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Stark	65 min
Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	60 min
Jul 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	27 min
Jul 22, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail	58 min
Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	34 min
Jul 22, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail	6 hr
Jul 22, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn	35 min
Jul 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope, Stark	37 min
Jul 22, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	62 min
Jul 22, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger	60 min
Jul 22, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Ward	53 min
Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope	27 min
Jul 22, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	24 min
Jul 22, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger	34 min
Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	30 min
Jul 22, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan	61 min
Jul 22, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 1 more	59 min
Jul 22, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	35 min
Jul 22, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	33 min
Jul 22, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	24 min
Jul 22, 11:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams, Sioux	13 min
Jul 22, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, Morton, Sheridan, Stutsman and 1 more	68 min
Jul 22, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Oliver, Sheridan, Wells	67 min
Jul 22, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Emmons, Grant, Logan, Morton, Sioux	64 min
Jul 22, 11:55 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 22, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more	6 hr
Jul 23, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux	52 min
Jul 23, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	6 hr
Jul 23, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	59 min
Jul 23, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger	54 min
Jul 23, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	63 min
Jul 23, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	66 min
Jul 23, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	60 min
Jul 23, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	4 hr
Jul 23, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	50 min
Jul 23, 2:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	12 hr
Jul 23, 3:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 15 more	4 hr
Jul 23, 6:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	8 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.