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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 13, 2012Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT for Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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 13, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Sse Noonan, ND

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 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 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.

915 
WUUS53 KBIS 132301
SVRBIS
NDC013-023-132345-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0049.120613T2301Z-120613T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
601 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 557 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
  HAMLET...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOONAN...LARSON...COLUMBUS AND PORTAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4899 10246 4863 10289 4863 10321 4900 10319
      4901 10317 4900 10316 4901 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 199DEG 24KT 4869 10304
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HAMILTON/KING

3 follow-up statements

344 
WWUS53 KBIS 132313
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
613 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC013-023-132345-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120613T2345Z/
BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-
613 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DIVIDE
AND NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 611 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 8 MILES
SOUTH OF NOONAN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOONAN...LARSON AND COLUMBUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4899 10246 4863 10289 4863 10321 4900 10319
      4901 10317 4900 10316 4901 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 193DEG 32KT 4880 10300
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HAMILTON/KING

213 
WWUS53 KBIS 132331
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
631 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC013-023-132345-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120613T2345Z/
BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DIVIDE
AND NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 629 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
NOONAN...OR 16 MILES EAST OF CROSBY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DIVIDE AND EXTREME
  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4899 10246 4863 10289 4863 10321 4900 10319
      4901 10317 4900 10316 4901 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 193DEG 32KT 4896 10295
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HAMILTON/KING

898 
WWUS53 KBIS 132345
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
645 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC013-023-132354-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120613T2345Z/
BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-
645 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DIVIDE AND
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT/545 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 HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES JUST NORTH OF NOONAN AND COLUMBUS THROUGH 7 
PM. 

LAT...LON 4899 10246 4863 10289 4863 10321 4900 10319
      4901 10317 4900 10316 4901 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 193DEG 32KT 4907 10291

$$

HAMILTON/KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Williams	52 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Williams	29 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	58 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	62 min
Jun 13, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger	54 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Ward	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.