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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 2012Emmons County, McIntosh County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 7:48 PM CDT for Emmons County, McIntosh County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 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 7, 2012, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Emmons County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2012-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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 2012-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

677 
WUUS53 KBIS 080048
SVRBIS
NDC029-051-085-080145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0039.120608T0048Z-120608T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
748 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SELFRIDGE TO 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF POLLOCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE
  HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT YATES...WESTFIELD...HULL...ZEELAND...HAGUE...STRASBURG...
  LINTON...VENTURIA AND DANZIG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN MOBRIDGE 
SOUTH DAKOTA. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4631 10035 4610 9926 4593 9954 4594 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 227DEG 26KT 4588 10074 4577 10017
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.75IN

$$

TARDIF-HUBER/SCHECK
2 follow-up statements
129 
WWUS53 KBIS 080134
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
834 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

NDC085-080143-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120608T0145Z/
SIOUX ND-
834 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4605 10042 4628 10020 4612 9936 4593 9960
      4593 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 213DEG 29KT 4613 9994

$$

NDC029-051-080145-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120608T0145Z/
EMMONS ND-MCINTOSH ND-
834 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MCINTOSH AND SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HAGUE...OR 62 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VENTURIA.

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.

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 4605 10042 4628 10020 4612 9936 4593 9960
      4593 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 213DEG 29KT 4613 9994
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

TARDIF-HUBER
868 
WWUS53 KBIS 080145
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
845 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

NDC029-051-080155-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120608T0145Z/
EMMONS ND-MCINTOSH ND-
845 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 4605 10042 4628 10020 4612 9936 4593 9960
      4593 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 213DEG 29KT 4621 9986

$$

TARDIF-HUBER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 9:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISEmmons2 hr
Jun 8, 10:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchBISBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 9 more35 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.