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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 24, 2012Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2012, 7:33 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min. 5 reports 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: Aug 24, 2012, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 24, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Se Sterling, ND	HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. NO DAMAGE KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Aug 24, 8:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Driscoll, ND	REPORTED SMALL OBJECTS BLOWING ACROSS THE YARD.
Aug 24, 8:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Driscoll, ND
Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Steele, ND
Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Nw Steele, ND	HEAVY HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.

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
Aug 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

210 
WUUS53 KBIS 250033
SVRBIS
NDC015-043-250130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0184.120825T0033Z-120825T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
733 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  MOFFIT...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOFFIT...STERLING...DRISCOLL...STEELE...LAKE ISABEL...DAWSON AND
  HORSEHEAD LAKE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4670 10060 4711 9974 4664 9962 4663 10017
      4663 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 239DEG 31KT 4667 10044
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JP MARTIN

2 follow-up statements

408 
WWUS53 KBIS 250048
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
748 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

NDC015-043-250130-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-120825T0130Z/
BURLEIGH ND-KIDDER ND-
748 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KIDDER AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOFFIT...OR 
23 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...STERLING...DRISCOLL...STEELE...LAKE 
ISABEL...DAWSON AND HORSEHEAD LAKE...AND INTERSTATE 94 FROM STERLING 
TO STEELE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4664 10044 4677 10045 4711 9974 4664 9962
      4663 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 239DEG 30KT 4673 10029
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JP MARTIN

143 
WWUS53 KBIS 250110 RRA
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
810 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

NDC015-043-250130-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-120825T0130Z/
BURLEIGH ND-KIDDER ND-
810 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIDDER
AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DRISCOLL...OR 31 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEELE...DAWSON...LAKE ISABEL AND HORSEHEAD LAKE...AND INTERSTATE 94 
FROM STEELE...TO THE KIDDER AND BURLEIGH COUNTY LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4664 10030 4684 10030 4711 9974 4671 9964
      4670 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 239DEG 30KT 4682 10008
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JP MARTIN

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 24, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
621 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

.DISCUSSION...SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO THE TEXT PRODUCTS TO ADD
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ARE MOVING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
CHARACTERIZED BY DEEP LAYER (SFC-6 KM) SHEAR OF AROUND 50 KNOTS
AND MUCAPE AROUND 2000 J/KG. AS A RESULT...FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF A SURFACE
TROUGH THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE HOURLY SENSIBLE WEATHER GRIDS WERE ALSO UPDATED BASED
ON CURRENT OBS/TRENDS. THE UPDATED GRIDDED AND TEXT PRODUCTS HAVE
BEEN SENT.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN (KISN/KDIK) NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. TEMPO IFR CONDITIONS IN
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
(KMOT/KBIS/KJMS) UNTIL AROUND 06Z. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY SATURDAY
MORNING.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>045.

RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045.

&&

TM...UPDATE/AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-252315-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012 /507 PM MDT FRI AUG 24 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
CALL 1-800-247-0212 WITH REPORTS OF HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.

NDZ011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-252315-
WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012 /507 PM MDT FRI AUG 24 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. PLEASE
VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
DRY FUELS MAY CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
CALL 1-800-247-0212 WITH REPORTS OF HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.

NDZ003>005-252315-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-
607 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN
THREATS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE EARLY
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
CALL 1-800-247-0212 WITH REPORTS OF HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.

TM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
627 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

0618 PM     HAIL             3 E MINOT               48.23N 101.23W
08/24/2012  E0.88 INCH       WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA.

&&

MMATHEWS

Local storm report, Aug 24, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

0628 PM     HAIL             5 SSW NEW JOHNS LAKE    47.25N 100.70W
08/24/2012  E1.00 INCH       BURLEIGH           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            40 TO 50 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED.

&&

MMATHEWS

Local storm report, Aug 24, 6:47 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
647 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NNW REGAN             47.22N 100.59W
08/24/2012  E60 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MMATHEWS

Local storm report, Aug 24, 7:12 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

0704 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 N WING               47.31N 100.28W
08/24/2012  E60 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   PUBLIC

            SMALL BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN... WITH NICKLE SIZED HAIL
            ALSO FALLING.

&&

MMATHEWS

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:19 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
719 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

NDZ034>036-045>047-250100-
BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-MORTON ND-SIOUX ND-
719 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AT 715 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE
FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK...TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
YATES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

TOWNS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO...
FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...CANNON BALL...STRASBURG...LINTON...
HAZELTON...MOFFIT...STERLING...STEELE...AND TUTTLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 7:26 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 NNW TUTTLE           47.28N 100.08W
08/24/2012  E60 MPH          KIDDER             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED SHINGLES ON THE GROUND AND PEA SIZED HAIL.

&&

MMATHEWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	67 min
Aug 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	62 min
Aug 24, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	62 min
Aug 25, 12:02 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 17 more	21 hr

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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.