Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2013, 12:47 AM CDT for Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2013, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 917 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 917 CDT MON MAY 13 2013 GIVEN THE 18 UTC NAM/GFS AND INCOMING 00 UTC NAM...DECIDED TO CHANGE THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE LATEST RUNS SUGGEST THAT A WEAKENING PRESSURE RISE BUBBLE AND 40-45 KTS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. DID MAINTAIN THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST WHERE THERE MAY BE A BRIEF WINDOW TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA TUESDAY MORNING WHEN ISALLOBARIC FORCING IS GREATEST. OTHERWISE FOR TONIGHT...CONTINUING TO MONITOR THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF GLASGOW...PROGGED TO REACH THE BORDER BY 330-400 UTC. HAVE HAD A COUPLE REPORTS OF GUSTS TO 60 MPH NEAR FORT PECK WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE THEY HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND...GIVEN THE HIGH BASES...EVAPORATIVE POTENTIAL AND STEEP LAPSE RATES THROUGH MUCH OF THE TROPOSPHERE...ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALONG WITH HEAT BURSTS AS THESE STORMS PROPAGATE GENERALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. UPDATE ISSUED AT 701 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY INCREASE BETWEEN GLASGOW AND LEWISTOWN MONTANA...AND ARE PROGGED TO APPROACH THE BORDER WITH NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AROUND 03-04 UTC. GIVEN THE HIGH BASES...EVAPORATIVE POTENTIAL AND STEEP LAPSE RATES THROUGH MUCH OF THE TROPOSPHERE...ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALONG WITH HEAT BURSTS AS THESE STORMS PROPAGATE GENERALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. GIVEN THE LATEST 18 UTC NAM AND GFS...IT APPEARS THAT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME APPROACHING HIGH WIND WARNING SUSTAINED OR GUST CRITERIA ON TUESDAY AND MAY REPLACE MOST OR ALL OF THE WATCH WITH A WIND ADVISORY AT THE 10 PM UPDATE SHOULD TRENDS CONTINUE WITH THE 00 UTC RUNS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 345 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 SEVERAL CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING WINDS AND FIRE WEATHER. WELL MIXED ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. DEBATED ABOUT ISSUING HIGH WIND WARNING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FOR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. MODELS NOT IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON THE MAX WIND POTENTIAL. NAM BRINGS IN A 9 MB PRESSURE RISE BUBBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 12Z ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. GEOSTROPHIC 1000 MB AND H850 WINDS INDICATE MARGINAL HIGH WIND WARNING...BUT BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SUGGEST HIGH END WIND ADVISORY. GFS INDICATING SOMEWHAT LOWER WINDS AND HIGH END WIND ADVISORY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOLLOWING THE GFS. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HIGH WIND WATCH DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY. TONIGHT...STRONG ARM ADVECTION WILL SUPPORT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH. THERE COULD BE SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST DUE TO STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS. AT THIS TIME DID NOT MENTION SEVERE AS BELIEVE TO ISOLATED THREAT. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 345 CDT MON MAY 13 2013 THE FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM WILL BE ON THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. QUASI ZONAL FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL TRANSITION TO RIDGING ALOFT THURSDAY OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. LIKEWISE A TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THURSDAY AND WILL DEEPEN INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PROPAGATES ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAIN STATES BY SUNDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS PATTERN AND ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. MODELS DURING THE 18 UTC THURSDAY TO 06 UTC SUNDAY TIME FRAME SHOW SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. BEGINNING SUNDAY THE GFS AND EURO DIVERGE ON THE POSITION OF THE TROUGH. THE EURO HAS THE TROUGH STALLING OUT OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH A CLOSED LOW FORMING DIRECTLY OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS SOLUTION KEEPS CHANCES FOR MODERATE RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND PUSHES THE TROUGH FURTHER EAST BEFORE DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW JUST NORTH OF MINNESOTA...WHICH HAS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ESSENTIALLY RAIN FREE FROM SUNDAY 18 UTC ON. THIS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED MOVING FORWARD...AS WPC HAS QPF VALUES JUST OVER AN INCH OVER NORTH DAKOTA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT RAINFALL TO INCREASE GREENNESS ACROSS THE STATE AND MINIMIZE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THE FIRST CHANCE LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEST FROM A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM EASTERN MONTANA. THERE WILL ALSO BE CHANCES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FROM A SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT SET UP IN SOUTH DAKOTA. OVER THIS TIME FRAME DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR VALUES WILL BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KT RANGE WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES IN THE 1000 TO 2000 J/KG RANGE. THIS IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE LIMITED IN SOME RESPECT BY CLOUD COVER AND THE WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY GOING ON DURING THIS TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 917 CDT MON MAY 13 2013 AS OF 215 UTC...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KOLF IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE KISN TERMINAL BY THE 03-04 UTC TIME FRAME AND POSSIBLY INTO KMOT BY 06-07 UTC. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35-40 KTS ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES BEHIND THE FRONT. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 345 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY PASTURES. UPGRADED FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO RED FLAG WARNING FOR TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048- 050-051. WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ003-004-011-012-019>022-034-035-042-045-046. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 5 AM MDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ001-002-009- 010-017-018. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ005-013-023- 025-036-037-047-048-050-051. && UPDATE...AYD SHORT TERM...WAA LONG TERM...MM/KS AVIATION...WAA FIRE WEATHER...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 945 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 NDZ004-012-150245- BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY- 945 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE LOWER SOURIS BASIN. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAIN PAGE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK FOR DETAILS. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MORE DETAILS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001>003-005-009>011-013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050- 051-150245- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-PIERCE- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 945 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 /845 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH THE I-94 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK FOR DETAILS. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MORE DETAILS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-150245- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 845 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND PEAK GUSTS TO 60 MPH. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK FOR DETAILS. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MORE DETAILS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AYD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1003 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 NDZ001-009-017-140345- DIVIDE-MCKENZIE-WILLIAMS- 1003 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON TO 59 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...OR FROM MEDICINE LAKE TO SAVAGE MONTANA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SKAAR... EAST FAIRVIEW... CARTWRIGHT... SATHER DAM... CHARBONNEAU... BONETRAIL... TRENTON... GRENORA... BLACKTAIL LAKE... ALEXANDER... HANKS... RAWSON... ZAHL... WILLISTON... IF YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...REMAIN INDOORS. THOSE WORKING ON OUTDOOR STRUCTURES SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER. AYD
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1043 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-032-140415- BILLINGS-BURKE-DIVIDE-DUNN-MCKENZIE-MOUNTRAIL-WILLIAMS- 1043 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 942 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRENORA TO WILLISTON TO NEAR GRASSY BUTTE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRASSY BUTTE... APPAM... WILLISTON... THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK... WATFORD CITY... SPRING BROOK... EPPING... ALAMO... LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK... WHEELOCK... CORINTH... TOBACCO GARDEN BAY RECREATION AREA... IF YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...REMAIN INDOORS. THOSE WORKING ON OUTDOOR STRUCTURES SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER. AYD
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 13, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1129 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE TIOGA 48.38N 102.90W
05/13/2013 M68 MPH WILLIAMS ND AWOS
&&
AYDSpecial weather statement, May 13, 11:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1155 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 NDZ002>004-010>012-019-021-140530- BOTTINEAU-BURKE-MCHENRY-MCLEAN-MERCER-MOUNTRAIL-RENVILLE-WARD- 1155 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENMARE...THROUGH PARSHALL AND TWIN BUTTES...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAZEN BAY RECREATION AREA... MAKOTI... KENMARE... COULEE... TAGUS... EMMET... NORMA... RYDER... HARTLAND... DONNYBROOK... MINOT... LAKE SAKAKAWEA STATE PARK... FORT STEVENSON STATE PARK... TOLLEY... RICE LAKE... DOUGLAS... IF YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...REMAIN INDOORS. THOSE WORKING ON OUTDOOR STRUCTURES SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER. AYD
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:35 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1235 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 NDZ002>004-010>013-019>023-140630- BOTTINEAU-BURKE-MCHENRY-MCLEAN-MERCER-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER-PIERCE- RENVILLE-SHERIDAN-WARD-WELLS- 1235 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENMARE...TO 25 MILES EAST OF PARSHALL...SOUTH TO AROUND STANTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERTHOLD... DONNYBROOK... HENSLER... FALKIRK... WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD... MAX... COLEHARBOR... NORMA... FOXHOLM... DES LACS... CARPIO... WASHBURN... TOLLEY... BURLINGTON... MINOT... IF YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...REMAIN INDOORS. THOSE WORKING ON OUTDOOR STRUCTURES SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEINERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 23 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.