Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Bismarck, ND

890 
WWUS53 KBIS 270309
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1009 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDC033-270319-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140627T0345Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY ND-
909 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4776 10390 4771 10329 4733 10360 4733 10383
      4733 10385 4733 10400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 208DEG 27KT 4750 10370

$$

NDC053-270345-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140627T0345Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
909 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/...

AT 907 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SKAAR...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIDNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SATHER DAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4776 10390 4771 10329 4733 10360 4733 10383
      4733 10385 4733 10400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 208DEG 27KT 4750 10370

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

MATHEWS

407 
WWUS53 KBIS 270331
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1031 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDC053-270345-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140627T0345Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
931 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/...

AT 1029 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF
ALEXANDER...OR 27 MILES EAST OF SIDNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4743 10394 4774 10363 4771 10329 4736 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 208DEG 27KT 4765 10358

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

$$

MATHEWS

195 
WWUS53 KBIS 270337
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1037 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDC053-270347-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140627T0345Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
937 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 4743 10394 4774 10363 4771 10329 4736 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 208DEG 27KT 4769 10355

$$

MATHEWS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 646 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

AFTER COORDINATION WITH FGF AND ABR...WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE TO
LOWER POPS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO SLIGHT
CHANCE THROUGH THE EVENING. SLIGHT CAP NOTED ON THE BISMARCK 00
UTC SOUNDING INHIBITING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
CONVECTION IN MONTANA SHOULD MOVE INTO A MORE FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT WITH ABUNDANT CAPE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT IT
SHOULD BE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE THIS REACHES EASTERN PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS UPDATE.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 602 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME 70
DEGREE DEWPOINTS SHOWING UP FROM HARVEY TO CARRINGTON. CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN MONTANA. INCREASING
BULK SHEAR SHOULD ALSO MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN MONTANA IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. LATEST HRRR INDICATES A CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SHORTLY AFTER 00 UTC FRIDAY. A LIMITING
FACTOR CURRENTLY IS THE MEAGER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. STILL WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO CONSIDERING THE VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS REMAINING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER EAST/CENTRAL WYOMING WITH
BROAD HIGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS
PLACES TROF WORKING TOWARDS THE GREAT BASIN WITH SWRLY FLOW OVER
OVER OUR AREA. VARIETY OF SHORT WAVES NOTED UPSTREAM TRIGGERING
OFF CONVECTION OVER PTNS OF ERN MT INTO WY.

FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...AFOREMENTIONED WAVES
WILL CONTINUE THEIR APPROACH TOWARDS THE AREA. INSTABILITY
CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN WITH PLENTY OF SHEAR IN PLACE SO SEVERE
THREAT CONTINUES. PLENTY OF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO WRAP INTO THE
AREA WITH PW VALUES PUSHING 150-200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF SLOW MOVING STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...HAVE
DECIDED TO GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...STRETCHING
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

ON FRIDAY...A WET DAY IS EXPECTED AS UPPER TROF CONTINUES ITS
APPROACH AND STARTS TO BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED WHILE SFC LOW
SLOWLY LIFTS TOWARDS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA CONTINUING TO PULL
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY...WITH STRONG INSTABILITY IN PLACE CONTINUING THE
SEVERE THREAT. HEAVY RAIN THREAT ALSO CONTINUES WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF SLOW MOVING/TRAINING STORMS.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL CONTINUING FRIDAY
NIGHT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
IS FORECAST TO BE OVER EASTERN MONTANA BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND IS
EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EASTWARD SLOWLY WITH THE MAIN UPPER LOW MOVING
EASTWARD JUST NORTH OF THE ND/CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.

CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING FROM DAYTIME FRIDAY AND EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE
MAIN INITIAL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE DAKOTAS WITH
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND STRONG SHORTWAVE ENERGY IMPULSES. THE
MAIN SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN/MANITOBA BY
SATURDAY MORNING. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR HEAVY RAIN...AND
PLENTY OF CAPE AND SHEARING FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY ON SATURDAY...BUT
THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE DIMINISHED GREATLY OVER WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN DRIVER WILL BE THE UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT WITH CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. BUT
BREEZY/WINDY SUNDAY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND MUCH DRIER AIR
MOVING INTO THE STATE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER
LOW STRENGTHENS AND REMAINS OVER MANITOBA. THEN A WESTERN RIDGE
BEGINS MOVING INTO THE DAKOTAS TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A PROMISE OF
DRY WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 70S. LOWS IN THE 55 TO 65
RANGE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND IN THE 50S THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 646 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

AREAS OF MVFR CIGS REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHRA AND TSRA TO MOVE
INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE
STATE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME STORMS MOVING
IN FROM THE WEST MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL/STRONG WIND
GUSTS. SCT/NMRS SHRA AND TSRA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH MVFR CEILINGS AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING IN PATCHY AREAS
OF FOG.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NDZ001>005-
009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051.

&&

UPDATE...TWH
SHORT TERM...JJS
LONG TERM...JV
AVIATION...TWH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
607 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-272315-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
607 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 /507 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY...

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 WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS
EVENING...SPREADING EAST OVERNIGHT. SOME MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
SATURDAY...WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING SUNDAY
INTO TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON
FRIDAY. CALL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582 OR POST THEM TO OUR SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES. YOU CAN ALSO USE THE WEATHER REPORTING FORM AVAILABLE
ON THE TOP LEFT MENU...SUBMIT STORM REPORT...OF OUR WEB
SITE...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

&&

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

TWH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
835 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDZ031-270230-
GOLDEN VALLEY-
735 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY...

AT 732 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALPHA...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF BEACH...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GOLVA...
  ALPHA...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. 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 4689 10398 4691 10361 4687 10361 4663 10372
      4663 10380 4658 10380 4659 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 187DEG 7KT 4664 10389

MATHEWS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
907 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDZ031-032-270300-
BILLINGS-GOLDEN VALLEY-
807 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE GOLDEN VALLEY AND BILLINGS COUNTY
   LINE...

AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDORA...OR 19 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MEDORA...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. 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 4716 10376 4713 10337 4676 10349 4675 10376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 195DEG 22KT 4680 10364

MATHEWS/SCHILD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
938 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NDZ017-031-032-270330-
BILLINGS-GOLDEN VALLEY-MCKENZIE-
838 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN BILLINGS COUNTY INTO
   SOUTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY...

AT 834 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF TROTTERS...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WIBAUX...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SKAAR...
  TROTTERS...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. 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 4724 10405 4749 10406 4770 10403 4758 10339
      4707 10368 4717 10406 4724 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 202DEG 30KT 4724 10393

MATHEWS