Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 29, 2011Billings County, Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2011, 10:43 PM MDT for Billings County, Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 29, 2011, 10:43 PM MDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2011, 11:12 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Billings County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 29, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

542 
WUUS53 KBIS 300443
SVRBIS
NDC007-025-089-300530-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0214.110730T0443Z-110730T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1043 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

* AT 1038 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES WEST OF SOUTH FAIRFIELD...OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRFIELD...SOUTH FAIRFIELD...BELFIELD AND NEW HRADEC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 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 4721 10291 4700 10279 4685 10312 4699 10352
      4721 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 279DEG 30KT 4707 10332
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

SIMOSKO/HUBER

1 follow-up statement

729 
WWUS53 KBIS 300512
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1212 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

NDC007-025-089-300522-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-110730T0530Z/
BILLINGS ND-STARK ND-DUNN ND-
1112 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DUNN...
NORTHWESTERN STARK AND CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4721 10291 4700 10279 4685 10312 4699 10352
      4721 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 279DEG 30KT 4703 10297

$$

SIMOSKO/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 Jul 29, 9:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 9:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1010 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

.UPDATE...
UPDATE FOR NEAR TERM POP/WEATHER TRENDS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUING NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LATE THIS
EVENING...WITH MAIN THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...AND SECONDARILY STRONG
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SO FAR...STORM MOTIONS HAVE BEEN FAST ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE ANY EXTREME RAIN.

&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE DURING THE LATE EVENING
HOURS...AND WILL LIKELY NECESSITATE MORE PROMINENT MENTION OF TSRA
AT KBIS/KMOT/KJMS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WEST UNTIL 05Z.

&&

UPDATE...KINNEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 1:37 PM MDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
237 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-301100-
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-
237 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 /137 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
THE MAIN THREATS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE
ALSO FORECAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND FOR
THE SOUTH CENTRAL.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST TONIGHT OVER ALL OF
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALL AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING MAINLY OVER
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER FAR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...SOME POSSIBLY
SEVERE WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE
SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA.

ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON WEST
THEN WEST AND CENTRAL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. STAY
TUNED FOR UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER AT
1-800-247-0212.

HEINERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 7:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
815 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

0750 PM     HAIL             10 W RHAME              46.23N 103.86W
07/29/2011  M2.50 INCH       BOWMAN             ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RELAYED BY BOWMAN EM...GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED
            HAIL... LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES...

&&

LHUBER

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
846 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

NDZ042-044-045-300245-
ADAMS-GRANT-SIOUX-
746 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 742 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEIL...               LEITH...              CARSON...
  ST. GERTRUDE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

KINNEY

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1024 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

NDZ010-011-017-018-300430-
DUNN-MCKENZIE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
1024 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1019 PM CDT/919 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY TO NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY TO CENTRAL MCKENZIE
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STANLEY BY 1030 PM CDT...
  PALERMO AND 4 BEARS LODGE BY 940 PM MDT...
  JOHNSONS CORNER AND NEW TOWN BY 1045 PM CDT...
  BLAISDELL BY 1055 PM CDT...
  VAN HOOK PARK BY 1100 PM CDT...
  PARSHALL BAY RECREATION AREA BY 1110 PM CDT...
  MANDAREE BY 1015 PM MDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SIMOSKO

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1036 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

NDZ034-035-300430-
BURLEIGH-MORTON-
1036 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK...NEAR SAINT
ANTHONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANDAN BY AROUND 1115 PM CDT...
  BISMARCK BY 1125 PM CDT...
  LINCOLN AROUND 1130 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF CROWN BUTTE LAKE TO SAINT
ANTHONY TO NORTH OF BREIEN AND SOLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY.

TOWNS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT.

VINING

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:54 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

NDZ036-046-047-050-300445-
EMMONS-KIDDER-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
1054 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EMMONS
COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
HAZELTON...TEMVIK...LINTON...STRASBURG...HAGUE...KINTYRE...NAPOLEON
AND WISHEK TO VENTURIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

VINING

Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:22 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1122 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

1112 PM     HAIL             20 NE BEACH             47.12N 103.70W
07/29/2011  E1.50 INCH       GOLDEN VALLEY      ND   MESONET

            ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

&&

SWICHE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	60 min
Jul 29, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	51 min
Jul 29, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	65 min
Jul 29, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	62 min
Jul 29, 9:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	45 min
Jul 29, 9:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward	64 min
Jul 29, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	58 min
Jul 29, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver	54 min
Jul 29, 10:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	57 min
Jul 29, 11:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	27 min
Jul 29, 11:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	51 min
Jul 29, 11:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	44 min
Jul 29, 11:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	31 min
Jul 29, 11:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman, Wells	67 min
Jul 30, 1:34 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	56 min
Jul 30, 1:48 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	6 hr
Jul 30, 2:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	66 min
Jul 30, 3:05 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	55 min
Jul 30, 3:42 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	6 hr
Jul 30, 3:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan	60 min
Jul 30, 4:32 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	58 min
Jul 30, 8:19 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2011 Every 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.