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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 4, 2014Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2014, 6:36 PM MDT for Grant County, Sioux 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: Jun 4, 2014, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 7:09 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

602 
WUUS53 KBIS 050036
SVRBIS
NDC037-085-050130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0035.140605T0036Z-140605T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
636 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT/830 PM CDT/

* AT 636 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MORRISTOWN...OR 32 MILES EAST OF LEMMON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH 
FLOODED ROADS!

&&

LAT...LON 4604 10170 4627 10146 4609 10107 4593 10145
      4594 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 236DEG 16KT 4602 10151

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

HEINERT

3 follow-up statements

699 
WWUS53 KBIS 050048
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
748 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDC037-085-050130-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140605T0130Z/
GRANT ND-SIOUX ND-
648 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SIOUX
AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT/830 PM CDT/...

AT 648 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MORRISTOWN...OR 35 MILES EAST OF LEMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH 
FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4599 10160 4624 10141 4609 10107 4593 10145
      4594 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 236DEG 16KT 4605 10144

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

HEINERT

832 
WWUS53 KBIS 050100
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
800 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDC037-085-050130-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140605T0130Z/
GRANT ND-SIOUX ND-
800 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SIOUX
AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SHIELDS...OR 44 MILES EAST OF LEMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH 
FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4598 10133 4602 10147 4619 10130 4609 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 236DEG 16KT 4612 10125

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

HEINERT

763 
WWUS53 KBIS 050109
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
809 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDC037-085-050118-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140605T0130Z/
GRANT ND-SIOUX ND-
809 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SIOUX AND 
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM...AND MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND 
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 4598 10133 4602 10147 4619 10130 4609 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 236DEG 16KT 4614 10121

$$

HEINERT

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 Jun 4, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
625 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 625 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAVE PRODUCED
MULTIPLE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS. HOWEVER...THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF
THE FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHING THE GROUND. STILL THINK THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE CURRENT WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE BECOME
MARGINALLY SEVERE PROXIMATE TO A SURFACE TROUGH AXIS. THE
ENVIRONMENT NORTH IS CHARACTERIZED BY SURFACE-BASED CAPE AROUND
1800 J/KG AND 0-6 KM SHEAR AROUND 30 KNOTS. HOWEVER...MID-LEVEL
LAPSE RATES ARE CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AT 6.5 C/KM. GIVEN THESE
PARAMETERS...STILL THINK THE SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDED SEVERE WORDING
TO THE NORTH CENTRAL ZONES AS A RESULT. THE REMAINING FORECAST
ELEMENTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. THE UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NOTE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 220 IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR THIS PERIOD..MAIN CONCERNS ARE
SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST. THREAT AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ABUNDANT CLOUDS
HAVE LIMITED TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST RESULTING
IN LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES THAT LIKELY WILL NOT SUPPORT DEEP
SEVERE CONVECTION. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THE H250 JET AHEAD
OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE H500 TROUGH AXIS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SPREADING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS EVENING. ON THURSDAY CONVECTION WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG
A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TYPICAL FOR JUNE CONTINUES THROUGH THE LONG
TERM PERIOD WITH THE BELT OF WESTERLIES MAINTAINED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS.

A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL CANADA WILL BE MOVING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA
THURSDAY EVENING. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS SHOWN TO DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT THURSDAY/EARLY FRIDAY WITH
BROAD TROUGHING ALOFT AND AS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER
JET STREAK MOVES ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER AREA. THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION MIGRATES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY
DAYTIME INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING.

KEPT POPS BELOW LIKELY WITH COOL SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
SOUTH OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...POSSIBLY LIMITED
THE POTENTIAL MOISTURE. ALSO REMOVED THUNDER FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ZERO
INSTABILITY FORECAST ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT...ENDING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CWA. ACTIVE FLOW
RESUMES/CONTINUES SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH PERIOD. COOL TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN MAINLY IN THE 60S...70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY...COOLING OFF
AGAIN MID-WEEK BEHIND ANOTHER PROJECTED UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHERN CANADA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 625 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS GENERATING
BRIEF IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THIS
EVENING...MAINLY IMPACTING KMOT. OTHERWISE...MVFR VSBYS MAY
DEVELOP OVER KISN-KDIK AROUND DAYBREAK.

&&

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

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
614 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDZ040-041-043-044-052315-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
514 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY. THE THREAT OF STORMS CONTINUES FOR
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER. AFTER A DRY DAY ON SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED.

&&

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

NDZ003>005-011>013-052315-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
614 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THIS EVENING.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOURIS RIVER NEAR
WESTHOPE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY. THE THREAT OF STORMS CONTINUES FOR
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER. AFTER A DRY DAY ON SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED.

&&

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

NDZ009-017-052315-
WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-
614 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR
WILLISTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY. THE THREAT OF STORMS REMAINS IN
THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES
ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. AFTER A DRY DAY ON
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

NDZ001-002-010-018>023-025-031>037-042-045>048-050-051-052315-
DIVIDE-BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
614 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 /514 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THESE
STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY. THE THREAT OF STORMS CONTINUES FOR
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER. AFTER A DRY DAY ON SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

TM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
620 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0619 PM     HAIL             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
06/04/2014  E1.25 INCH       WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA IN MINOT.

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:45 PM MDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
645 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0530 PM     HAIL             6 SW LORAINE            48.81N 101.65W
06/04/2014  E1.00 INCH       RENVILLE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AJ

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:53 PM MDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
653 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDZ005-050030-
ROLETTE ND-
653 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN ROLETTE COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT...

AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF ST.
JOHN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ROLLA...
  ST. JOHN...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4900 9952 4873 9951 4871 9948 4870 9948
      4868 9954 4897 10005 4901 9992 4900 9975
      4901 9973 4900 9970 4901 9966 4901 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 243DEG 19KT 4895 9982 4878 9952

AYD

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:00 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
700 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0453 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 SW HAVELOCK          46.37N 102.89W
06/04/2014                   HETTINGER          ND   PUBLIC

            REPORT RELAYED THROUGH STATE RADIO. FUNNEL CLOUD
            PICTURES ON NWS BISMARCK FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:06 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
706 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0512 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     9 S HAVELOCK            46.34N 102.72W
06/04/2014                   HETTINGER          ND   PUBLIC

            REPORT RELAYED THROUGH STATE RADIO. FUNNEL CLOUD
            PICTURES ON NWS BISMARCK FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

NHEINERT

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:14 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
714 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDZ042-050045-
GRANT-
614 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 611 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. GERTRUDE...OR 38 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LEMMON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHIELDS...
  ST. GERTRUDE...
  RALEIGH...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY RAINFALL
CAN LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4625 10161 4634 10144 4637 10130 4637 10110
      4628 10105 4627 10110 4626 10109 4625 10111
      4623 10110 4619 10120 4616 10120 4609 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 248DEG 20KT 4620 10144

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	31 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Rolette	25 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	26 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	26 min
Jun 4, 8:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	49 min
Jun 5, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail and 3 more	60 min
Jun 5, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sargent	16 min

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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.