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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2011Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2011, 9:02 PM CDT for Foster County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 25, 2011, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Foster County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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
Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

068 
WUUS53 KBIS 260202
SVRBIS
NDC031-103-260300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0066.110626T0202Z-110626T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
902 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 901 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 NEAR
  HEATON...OR 52 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEATON...SYKESTON...EMRICK...CATHAY AND BARLOW.

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 4741 9919 4732 9945 4733 9957 4743 9970
      4782 9930 4781 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925
      4760 9925 4759 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 228DEG 23KT 4743 9951
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SIMOSKO

3 follow-up statements

558 
WWUS53 KBIS 260216 RRA
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
916 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC031-103-260300-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110626T0300Z/
FOSTER ND-WELLS ND-
916 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 914 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 NEAR
SYKESTON...OR 51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CATHAY AND BARLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4741 9919 4734 9942 4749 9957 4782 9930
      4781 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925 4760 9925
      4759 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 228DEG 23KT 4749 9940
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SIMOSKO

012 
WWUS53 KBIS 260236
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
936 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC031-103-260300-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110626T0300Z/
FOSTER ND-WELLS ND-
936 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 933 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 6 MILES
EAST OF CATHAY...OR 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4741 9919 4740 9926 4752 9935 4782 9930
      4781 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925 4760 9925
      4759 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 228DEG 23KT 4758 9926
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SIMOSKO

343 
WWUS53 KBIS 260256
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
956 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC031-103-260306-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110626T0300Z/
FOSTER ND-WELLS ND-
956 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WELLS AND
NORTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM
MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 4741 9919 4740 9926 4752 9935 4782 9930
      4781 9929 4769 9928 4767 9925 4760 9925
      4759 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 228DEG 23KT 4766 9913

$$

SIMOSKO

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 Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
743 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

.UPDATE...ADJUSTED POPS...WEATHER...TEMPS AND WINDS FOR CURRENT
TRENDS. &&

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CONTINUING TO MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ND. STORMS HAD EXTREME RAINFALL
RATES WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WITH SOME
OF THESE STORMS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 1 INCH
AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS AREA
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED FROM AROUND BEULAH SOUTHWEST
TO HEBRON. A FEW OTHER STORMS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST ND
RIGHT ALONG THE SD BORDER. UPDATED FORECAST TO TRIM POPS AND
ADJUST WEATHER WHERE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PASSED TO THE EAST. ALSO
ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPS AND WINDS CLOSER TO OBSERVED VALUES.
&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY...AT JUST ABOUT ANYTIME AND AT ANY AERODROME. THUS
HAVE SKEWED THE TAFS TOWARD VCTS AND VCSH UNTIL RADAR CLEARLY
DEFINES WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WHERE WE DO RECEIVE THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT
MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...THE MAIN THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. IMPULSES
ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE
SPARK AND WE HAVE AN INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT
SETTING UP TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE IS QUITE LOW OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL...WITH 3 HOUR
VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
IS EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW GETS SHOVED
INTO EASTERN CANADA...WHICH PUSHES THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NDZ020-023-025-033>037-040>048-050-051.

&&

JNS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-270015-
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-
712 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 /612 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 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...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POTENTIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE...ARE
POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING
OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582.

JNS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
757 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW BARTON             48.53N 100.21W
06/25/2011  E60.00 MPH       PIERCE             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:06 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
806 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0733 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 SW ROLETTE           48.55N 100.01W
06/25/2011                   ROLETTE            ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A BARN ROOF WAS LOCATED ON
            STATE HIGHWAY 3...AND IS BLOCKING TRAFFIC.

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
808 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0733 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 SW ROLETTE           48.55N 100.01W
06/25/2011                   ROLETTE            ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A BARN ROOF WAS LOCATED ON
            STATE HIGHWAY 3...AND IS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. WINDS
            ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH.

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:34 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
834 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0829 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DUNSEITH                48.81N 100.06W
06/25/2011  M1.50 INCH       ROLETTE            ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... 1.5 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES...

&&

LHUBER

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
841 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

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

0824 PM     HAIL             FESSENDEN               47.65N 99.63W
06/25/2011  M1.00 INCH       WELLS              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LHUBER

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDZ020-021-034-035-042-260245-
BURLEIGH-GRANT-MCLEAN-MORTON-OLIVER-
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 37 MILES NORTH OF
BISMARCK TO 50 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MANDAN BY 945 PM 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.

KINNEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	28 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Rolette	54 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	63 min
Jun 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	63 min
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	56 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Pierce, Wells	4 hr
Jun 25, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	58 min
Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	54 min
Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	53 min
Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	27 min
Jun 25, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	26 min
Jun 26, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	65 min
Jun 26, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	43 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.