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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 26, 2014Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 6:59 PM MDT for Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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: May 26, 2014, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

097 
WUUS53 KBIS 270059
SVRBIS
NDC025-053-270200-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0014.140527T0059Z-140527T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
759 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/

* AT 757 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ALEXANDER
  THROUGH WATFORD CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATFORD CITY...MANDAREE...THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK NORTH...
  JOHNSONS CORNER...OAKDALE AND LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4775 10260 4731 10289 4755 10345 4777 10374
      4799 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 306DEG 25KT 4776 10335

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
HEINERT/MARTIN

2 follow-up statements

770 
WWUS53 KBIS 270127
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
827 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

NDC025-053-270200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140527T0200Z/
MCKENZIE ND-DUNN ND-
827 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DUNN AND CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/...

AT 821 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED  
5 MILES SOUTH OF WATFORD CITY...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
WILLISTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAKDALE AND LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4775 10260 4731 10289 4755 10345 4777 10374
      4799 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 306DEG 25KT 4766 10315

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HEINERT/MARTIN

789 
WWUS53 KBIS 270153
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
853 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

NDC025-053-270200-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140527T0200Z/
MCKENZIE ND-DUNN ND-
853 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DUNN AND EAST CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT/800 PM
MDT/...

AT 748 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED 15 
MILES NORTHWEST OF KILLDEER...OR 47 MILES NORTH OF 
DICKINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PART OF THIS AREA.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAKDALE AND LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4753 10329 4765 10327 4783 10302 4775 10260
      4731 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 306DEG 25KT 4754 10291

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HEINERT/MARTIN

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 26, 5:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 636 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS UPDATE TO FOCUS IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
TRIMMED POPS SOUTH AND EAST FOR THE EVENING AND LOWERED CLOUDS
ALSO.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 518 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMPACTING NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
AND ADDED LARGE HAIL TO THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY
THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE POPS THROUGH THE
EVENING WITH THE LINE AS IT MOVES EAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY)

ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN OVER
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY.

CONVECTION IS ALREADY FIRING OVER NORTHEASTERN MONTANA ALONG A
SURFACE TROUGH. THE ENVIRONMENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY SFC-BASED CAPE
AROUND 1400 J/KG AND 0-6 KM WIND SHEAR AROUND 40 KNOTS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE
INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ADDED SEVERE MENTION TO THE
NORTHWESTERN ZONES FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
RESULT.

ONGOING CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY SHOULD
DECREASE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZES DUE TO LOSS OF DAYTIME
HEATING.

BY TUESDAY...THE SURFACE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO STALL OVER CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. INCREASING MUCAPE VALUES AROUND 1500 J/KG COMBINED
WITH A WEAK UPPER WAVE WILL GENERATE CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS OVER
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE
THE BEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL LIFT NORTH INTO CANADA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR...REMOVED SEVERE
MENTION FROM TUESDAY'S FORECAST...CONSISTENT WITH THE LATEST SPC
DAY 2 OUTLOOK. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER
STORMS.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)

ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE WARM
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY A COOL DOWN FRIDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY...AND FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA
FRIDAY.

FOR TUESDAY EVENING...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS OVER NORTHERN
TEXAS AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING
FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE
ONGOING OR EXITING OVER MY EASTERN COUNTIES TUESDAY EVENING AS AN
EMBEDDED S/WV IMPULSE TRACKS EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. RIDGE AXIS
BUILDS NORTH ACROSS THE DAKOTAS LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND SHOULD ACT TO STEER ANY OTHER EMBEDDED WAVES NORTHERLY
ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA...PERHAPS GRAZING WEST OR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA DURING THE AM HOURS. WE ARE THEN VERY MUCH CAPPED DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW/WAA ACROSS THE REGION. BEST
CHANCES FOR STORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST CLOSER TO
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND NEAR A SFC TROUGH NEARING THE MT/ND
BORDER.

SFC TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE THE FOCUS
FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE GIVEN
THE INSTABILITY ADVERTISED. MID LEVEL SUPPORT UNCERTAIN. ANOTHER
ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE OVER MY SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AS THE SFC
TROUGH STALLS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
JAMES AND RED RIVER VALLEYS.

UNCERTAINTY RAMPS UP FOR THE COMING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WITH MODELS DISAGREEING ON THE EVOLUTION OF AN AREA OF UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THE
TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS FEATURE AS IT IS EVENTUALLY EJECTED NORTH
AND EAST. WHICHEVER MODEL VERIFIES...COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND EVENTUALLY WILL SEE PRECIPITATION
CHANCES INCREASE AS THE LOW APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
ALLBLEND MODEL GUIDANCE WAS USED FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 636 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

MAIN HAZARD TO AVIATION TONIGHT WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD
FRONT ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THE FRONT
WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY
AREAS TO BE IMPACTED THIS EVENING INCLUDE KISN-KDIK THROUGH
04Z...AND KISN-KDIK-KMOT AFTER 06Z. THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
DECREASES AFTER 10Z...THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AGAIN BETWEEN
KMOT-KBIS AFTER 16Z TUESDAY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

UPDATE...WAA
SHORT TERM...TM
LONG TERM...NH
AVIATION...WAA

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
541 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

NDZ004-012-272245-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-
541 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOURIS RIVER NEAR WESTHOPE...
BANTRY...AND TOWNER...AND FOR THE WILLOW CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FEW STRONGER
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...BUT THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THERE IS
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...POSSIBLY
STRONG TO SEVERE. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THURSDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-272245-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
541 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 /441 PM MDT MON MAY 26 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED WIND
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY
THREATS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONG TO SEVERE. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

NDZ003-005-011-013-019>021-033-034-040>044-272245-
RENVILLE-ROLETTE-WARD-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
541 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014 /441 PM MDT MON MAY 26 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY
THREATS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONG TO SEVERE. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

NDZ022-023-025-035>037-045>048-050-051-272245-
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
541 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY
THREATS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONG TO SEVERE. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

WA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 6:31 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
731 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             3 SW ZAHL               48.54N 103.74W
05/26/2014  E1.00 INCH       WILLIAMS           ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL LASTED A FEW MINUTES AT MOST.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, May 26, 6:40 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
740 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0739 PM     HAIL             NW ALEXANDER            47.84N 103.64W
05/26/2014  M1.00 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ABELING

Local storm report, May 26, 6:41 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
741 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     HAIL             ALEXANDER               47.84N 103.64W
05/26/2014  M1.00 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AJ

Local storm report, May 26, 6:48 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
748 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     TORNADO          4 S WATFORD CITY        47.74N 103.28W
05/26/2014                   MCKENZIE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ABELING

Local storm report, May 26, 6:53 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
753 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     TORNADO          4 S WATFORD CITY        47.74N 103.28W
05/26/2014                   MCKENZIE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 85 AT 740 PM CDT.
            MOVING SOUTHEAST.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

ABELING

Local storm report, May 26, 6:55 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
755 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     TORNADO          4 S WATFORD CITY        47.74N 103.28W
05/26/2014                   MCKENZIE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 85 AT 748 PM CDT.
            MOVING SOUTHEAST.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME...REMARKS

ABELING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McKenzie	29 min
May 26, 7:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McKenzie	33 min
May 26, 7:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	31 min
May 26, 7:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	33 min
May 26, 7:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	5 hr
May 26, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	59 min
May 26, 8:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	58 min
May 26, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	41 min
May 26, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	62 min
May 26, 9:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	47 min
May 26, 9:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	64 min
May 26, 9:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn	28 min
May 26, 9:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	63 min
May 26, 10:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	45 min
May 26, 10:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	39 min
May 26, 10:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	67 min
May 26, 11:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	51 min
May 26, 11:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Slope, Stark	61 min
May 27, 11:19 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	11 days
May 27, 1:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	66 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.