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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 13, 2012Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2012, 11:19 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Burleigh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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
Jun 13, 11:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Bismarck, 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, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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: 220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

412 
WUUS53 KBIS 140419
SVRBIS
NDC015-140500-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0064.120614T0419Z-120614T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1119 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM DOUBLE DITCH INDIAN VILLAGE TO BISMARCK TO 6 MILES WEST OF
  HUFF...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINCOLN...MENOKEN...MCKENZIE...STERLING...MOFFIT AND DRISCOLL.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4668 10065 4665 10073 4669 10075 4669 10079
      4673 10077 4675 10084 4680 10082 4697 10094
      4703 10087 4702 10012 4698 10012 4698 10008
      4663 10009 4664 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 271DEG 30KT 4694 10078 4679 10074
          4664 10077
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

TM

3 follow-up statements

673 
WWUS53 KBIS 140439
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1139 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC015-140500-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120614T0500Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
1139 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BURLEIGH COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF MENOKEN TO MCKENZIE TO 9 MILES EAST OF HUFF...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STERLING AROUND 1145 PM CDT.
  MOFFIT AROUND 1150 PM CDT.
  DRISCOLL AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCTING 60 TO 65 MPH WIND GUSTS IN 
BISMARCK AND MANDAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4666 10065 4668 10065 4667 10068 4702 10068
      4702 10012 4698 10012 4698 10008 4663 10009
      4664 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 270DEG 34KT 4693 10045 4679 10039
          4664 10043
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

MERRIMAN

014 
WWUS53 KBIS 140453
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1153 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC015-140500-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120614T0500Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
1153 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BURLEIGH COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF STERLING TO STERLING TO MOFFIT...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DRISCOLL AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED 60 TO 65 MPH WINDS IN BISMARCK AND MANDAN.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4702 10050 4702 10046 4703 10028 4702 10012
      4698 10012 4698 10008 4663 10009 4664 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 270DEG 35KT 4693 10025 4679 10019
          4664 10021
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

MERRIMAN

341 
WWUS53 KBIS 140459
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1159 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

NDC015-140509-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120614T0500Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
1159 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT/1100 PM MDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 4702 10050 4702 10046 4703 10028 4702 10012
      4698 10012 4698 10008 4663 10009 4664 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 270DEG 35KT 4693 10016 4679 10010
          4664 10013

$$

MERRIMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	61 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton	60 min
Jun 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville	47 min
Jun 13, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	54 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Oliver	6 hr
Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Sioux	59 min
Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	56 min
Jun 13, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Sheridan	29 min
Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	60 min
Jun 13, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	40 min
Jun 13, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	40 min
Jun 14, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	42 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.