Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2011, 2:46 AM CDT for Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2011, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2011, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WUUS53 KBIS 100746 SVRBIS NDC015-043-100830- /O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0002.110510T0746Z-110510T0830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 246 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WESTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DRISCOLL...OR 34 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK... AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TUTTLE AROUND 320 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4725 10013 4714 9962 4677 9992 4684 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 197DEG 26KT 4690 10006 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
730 WWUS53 KBIS 100802 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 302 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 NDC015-043-100830- /O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110510T0830Z/ BURLEIGH ND-KIDDER ND- 302 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KIDDER AND EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 301 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF STEELE...OR 40 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TUTTLE AROUND 325 AM CDT. ROBINSON AROUND 330 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HORSEHEAD LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4680 9990 4694 10021 4725 10013 4714 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 198DEG 22KT 4695 9997 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ KINNEY
219 WWUS53 KBIS 100816 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 NDC015-100826- /O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110510T0830Z/ BURLEIGH ND- 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4693 9979 4708 10003 4721 9994 4714 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 198DEG 22KT 4703 9993 $$ NDC043-100830- /O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110510T0830Z/ KIDDER ND- 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 314 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF TUTTLE...OR 43 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROBINSON AROUND 330 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HORSEHEAD LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4693 9979 4708 10003 4721 9994 4714 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 198DEG 22KT 4703 9993 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 4 days |
| May 9, 10:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more | 15 hr |
| May 10, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 62 min |
| May 10, 2:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 14 hr |
| May 10, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 54 min |
| May 10, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Williams | 33 hr |
| May 10, 12:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Ward | 68 days |
| May 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 105 days |
| May 10, 2:23 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | BIS | 6 days | |
| May 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Renville | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.