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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2011, 6:53 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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 24, 2011, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Burleigh County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-250930- BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTTINEAU THROUGH EMMONS COUNTIES AND POINTS EAST THROUGH 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>045-250930- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 /330 AM MDT SUN JUL 24 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AYD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
551 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM HAIL 8 S TAPPEN 46.76N 99.67W
07/24/2011 E1.00 INCH KIDDER ND TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES.
&&
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Jul 24, 6:01 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
601 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL 4 NW DICKEY 46.58N 98.53W
07/24/2011 M2.00 INCH LAMOURE ND TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LHUBERSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 6:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Stutsman | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 67 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.