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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 9, 20125 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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 9, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Williams County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 9, 5:05 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Battleview, ND	50 MPH WINDS AND ABOUT 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN. RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.

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

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 9, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 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: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

415 
WUUS53 KBIS 090859
SVRBIS
NDC013-023-053-061-105-091000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0041.120609T0859Z-120609T1000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
359 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA   
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT/400 AM MDT/

* AT 356 AM CDT/256 AM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALKABO TO 8 MILES
  NORTH OF SPRING BROOK TO WATFORD CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROSBY...LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK...FORTUNA...ALAMO...WHEELOCK...
  JOHNSONS CORNER...TOBACCO GARDEN BAY RECREATION AREA...WHITE TAIL
  BAY RECREATION AREA...RAY...CORINTH...KEENE...AMBROSE...WILDROSE...
  CHARLSON...TIOGA...HAMLET...WHITE EARTH BAY RECREATION AREA...4
  BEARS LODGE...MCGREGOR AND WHITE EARTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

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 4901 10236 4792 10219 4761 10386 4803 10406
      4900 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 231DEG 46KT 4890 10389 4839 10344
          4781 10315
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

TM

1 follow-up statement

375 
WWUS53 KBIS 090941
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
441 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

NDC013-023-053-061-105-091000-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120609T1000Z/
WILLIAMS ND-BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-MCKENZIE ND-
441 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MCKENZIE...WESTERN MOUNTRAIL...DIVIDE...BURKE AND EASTERN WILLIAMS
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT/400 AM MDT/...

AT 437 AM CDT/337 AM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AMBROSE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TIOGA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROSBY...TIOGA...HAMLET...WHITE EARTH BAY RECREATION AREA...
  MCGREGOR...WHITE EARTH...4 BEARS LODGE...BATTLEVIEW...NEW TOWN...
  NOONAN...ROSS...POWERS LAKE...LARSON...COLUMBUS...BELDEN...VAN HOOK
  PARK...STANLEY...LOSTWOOD...PARSHALL BAY RECREATION AREA AND
  LIGNITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 4776 10309 4817 10331 4899 10388 4901 10236
      4792 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 233DEG 40KT 4901 10347 4850 10304
          4791 10277
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

TM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	54 min
Jun 9, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	4 hr
Jun 9, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	24 min
Jun 9, 4:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burke, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Ward	4 hr
Jun 9, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	61 min
Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	4 hr
Jun 9, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	66 min
Jun 9, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	74 min
Jun 9, 6:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	4 hr
Jun 9, 9:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	24 hr
Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	40 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.