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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 22, 2011Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2011, 10:38 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 22, 2011, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 2669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.5

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The text

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

717 
WUUS53 KBIS 230338
SVRBIS
NDC043-230415-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0306.110823T0338Z-110823T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1038 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  SOUTH OF LAKE ISABEL...OR 51 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...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 4663 9985 4677 9986 4682 9945 4681 9944
      4675 9944 4663 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 264DEG 29KT 4669 9972
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

VINING

1 follow-up statement

901 
WWUS53 KBIS 230358
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1058 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

NDC043-230415-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0306.000000T0000Z-110823T0415Z/
KIDDER ND-
1058 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
KIDDER COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF STREETER...OR 40 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...10 MILES 
SOUTH OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 
SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY...INCLUDING LAKE GEORGE AND ALKALINE LAKE 
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT
701-223-4582.

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 4663 9985 4677 9986 4682 9945 4681 9944
      4675 9944 4663 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 262DEG 27KT 4674 9951
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

VINING

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 Aug 22, 10:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 10:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1001 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

.UPDATE...
UPDATED POPS AND WEATHER FOR SEVERE CHANCES.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSING EAST THROUGH
WELLS/FOSTER/STUSTMAN AND LOGAN COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH
WILL BE ONGOING UNTIL 06Z OVER SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. ADJUSTED
WORDING IN GRIDS FOR MARGINAL SEVERE THOUGH NO WATCH IS OUT.
&&

.AVIATION...
WILL ADJUST TIMING OF CONVECTION THROUGH EASTERN-MOST ZONES THOUGH
MAY BE OUT OF FORECAST AREA BEFORE 06Z TAFS ARE ISSUED.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HW
AVIATION...HW

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-232030-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
330 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011 /230 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS...THEN
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-232030-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
330 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011 /230 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 9:55 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
955 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

0942 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NW MEDINA             46.92N 99.34W
08/22/2011  E60 MPH          STUTSMAN           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS UP 60 MPH ESTIMATED...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:00 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

0954 PM     HAIL             3 W SYKESTON            46.73N 98.83W
08/22/2011  M0.75 INCH       STUTSMAN           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 35 TO
            40 MPH...HAIL LASTED 3 TO 5 MINUTES...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:02 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1002 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

0926 PM     HAIL             3 NNW TAPPEN            46.92N 99.67W
08/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       KIDDER             ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL LASTED FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1014 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

1005 PM     HAIL             NNW PETTIBONE           47.12N 99.52W
08/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       KIDDER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LASTED 3 MINUTES.

&&

JP MARTIN

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 10:16 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1016 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

NDZ047-230415-
LOGAN-
1016 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...

AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY NORTHEAST OF
NAPOLEON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS SOUTHWEST
OF GACKLE...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY BETWEEN NAPOLEON AND GACKLE...INCLUDING
HIGHWAYS 34...36...AND 56 IN NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...

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

VINING

Local storm report, Aug 22, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1037 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

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

1034 PM     HAIL             MEDINA                  46.89N 99.30W
08/22/2011  M1.00 INCH       STUTSMAN           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTERS...WAS STILL
            OCCURING AT THE TIME OF THE CALL...

&&

LHUBER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Wells	61 min
Aug 22, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	53 min
Aug 22, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	54 min
Aug 22, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	63 min
Aug 22, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	54 min
Aug 22, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Wells	64 min
Aug 22, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	56 min
Aug 22, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	6 hr
Aug 22, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	25 min
Aug 22, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	52 min
Aug 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	6 hr
Aug 22, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman	35 min

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.