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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 24, 2011Burleigh County, North Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Jul 24, 4:30 AM CDT, 14 hours 23 minutes before
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 MARTIN
Local 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

&&

LHUBER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:31 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 2:16 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 9 more9 hr
Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Slope65 min
Jul 24, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton57 min
Jul 24, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder54 min
Jul 24, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Slope54 min
Jul 24, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger62 min
Jul 24, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton, Oliver53 min
Jul 24, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells65 min
Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman45 min
Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton60 min
Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Stutsman60 min
Jul 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder27 min
Jul 24, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure, Stutsman62 min
Jul 24, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton45 min
Jul 24, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman59 min
Jul 24, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan53 min
Jul 24, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Wells46 min
Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Wells67 min

Nearby

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.