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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 30, 2012Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2012, 9:04 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2012, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2012, 9:28 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 9:11 PM CDTHAIL 1Windsor, ND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1260 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

918 
WUUS53 KBIS 010204
SVRBIS
NDC093-010300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0101.120701T0204Z-120701T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
904 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDSOR...OR 15 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELDRIDGE...SYDNEY...MILLARTON AND YPSILANTI.

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 4684 9844 4663 9873 4682 9919 4699 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 294DEG 27KT 4686 9900
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

VINING
2 follow-up statements
076 
WWUS53 KBIS 010213
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
913 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

NDC093-010300-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120701T0300Z/
STUTSMAN ND-
913 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
STUTSMAN COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDSOR...OR 14 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 911 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN 
WINDSOR WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELDRIDGE...SYDNEY...MILLARTON AND YPSILANTI.

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 4684 9844 4663 9873 4682 9919 4699 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 290DEG 21KT 4687 9899
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

VINING/AYD
453 
WWUS53 KBIS 010228
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
928 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

NDC093-010238-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120701T0300Z/
STUTSMAN ND-
928 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4684 9844 4663 9873 4682 9919 4699 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 290DEG 21KT 4683 9886

$$

VINING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman40 min
Jun 30, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman, Wells66 min
Jun 30, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.