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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 28, 2014Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2014, 6:27 AM MDT for Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2014, 6:27 AM MDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2014, 7:00 AM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -411 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

211 
WUUS53 KBIS 281227
SVRBIS
NDC007-033-281300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0021.140528T1227Z-140528T1300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
627 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 700 AM MDT

* AT 621 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF BEACH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
  GOLDEN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4725 10342 4694 10333 4692 10395 4709 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 251DEG 27KT 4703 10387

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

TM

2 follow-up statements

862 
WWUS53 KBIS 281250
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
750 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

NDC007-033-281300-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T1300Z/
BILLINGS ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND-
650 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GOLDEN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM MDT...

AT 645 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MEDORA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BILLINGS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4693 10374 4716 10378 4725 10342 4694 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 258DEG 33KT 4708 10358

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

TM

138 
WWUS53 KBIS 281258
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
758 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

NDC007-033-281307-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T1300Z/
BILLINGS ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND-
658 AM MDT WED MAY 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GOLDEN VALLEY AND
WEST CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 AM CDT/700 AM
MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4693 10374 4716 10378 4725 10342 4694 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 258DEG 33KT 4709 10349

$$

KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:03 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings	42 min
May 28, 7:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	38 min
May 28, 8:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.