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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 21, 20144 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2014, 4:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 21, 2014, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 36 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 21, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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: 3163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

994 
WUUS53 KBIS 212157
SVRBIS
NDC015-029-037-059-212245-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0089.140721T2157Z-140721T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
457 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/

* AT 453 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW SALEM TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF FLASHER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. ANTHONY AROUND 515 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HUFF AND FORT RICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4641 10135 4676 10129 4675 10028 4640 10046
      4640 10057 4643 10059 4640 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 269DEG 24KT 4677 10112 4640 10106

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

AYD/COOP

2 follow-up statements

358 
WWUS53 KBIS 212210
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
510 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

NDC015-029-037-059-212245-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-140721T2245Z/
BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-GRANT ND-MORTON ND-
510 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MORTON...EAST CENTRAL GRANT...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND SOUTHWESTERN
BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/...

AT 508 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANDAN TO 6 MILES WEST OF
SOLEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
GRANT...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS...SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
BURLEIGH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HUFF AND FORT
RICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4641 10135 4676 10129 4675 10028 4640 10046
      4640 10057 4643 10059 4640 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 271DEG 26KT 4677 10096 4640 10090

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

AYD

037 
WWUS53 KBIS 212224
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
524 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

NDC037-212233-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-140721T2245Z/
GRANT ND-
424 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4641 10125 4676 10129 4675 10028 4640 10046
      4640 10057 4643 10059 4640 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 270DEG 33KT 4673 10065 4641 10073

$$

NDC015-029-059-212245-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-140721T2245Z/
BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-MORTON ND-
524 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MORTON...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 522 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LINCOLN TO SOLEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
EMMONS...SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FORT RICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4641 10125 4676 10129 4675 10028 4640 10046
      4640 10057 4643 10059 4640 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 270DEG 33KT 4673 10065 4641 10073

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

AYD

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 Jul 21, 4:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
440 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

.UPDATE...

ISSUED AT 440 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

SCALED OFF A FEW WESTERN COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
426...AND WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO TRIM SOME MORE NEXT HOUR. LINE
OF ROBUST CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. REPORTS OF 70 MPH WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS
BASEBALLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF BISMARCK AND MANDAN. THESE
STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS FROM GARRISON SOUTH TO THE SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH AS THUS FAR
REMAINED SUB-SEVERE.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 232 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS WITH A TORNADO WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EXCEPT
FOR DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES.

THE 18Z KBIS SOUNDING SHOWS 153 J/KG OF CIN WITH 3692 J/KG OF
CAPE. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED IN THE 700MB TO 500MB LAYER SINCE
12Z. PWATS HAVE INCREASED FROM 1.19 TO 1.33. POTENTIAL WIND
GUSTS/WINDEX IS AT 54KT. FULLY EXPECT CIN EROSION THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 232 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

A BRIEF UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN SHIFT FROM PROGRESSIVE TO BLOCKED
OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF CANADA DOES NOTHING TO SQUELCH CHANCES
FOR CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST UNTIL SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1053 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN TERMINALS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP TOWARD THE CENTRAL TERMINALS OF KBIS/KMOT BETWEEN 21Z AND
01Z. KJMS CLOSER TO 00Z TUESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ048-050-051.

&&

UPDATE...NH
SHORT TERM...KS
LONG TERM...SCHECK
AVIATION...KS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
445 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

NDZ004-012-222145-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-
445 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE SOURIS
RIVER. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY EVENING. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TORNADOES...LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

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

OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR PHONE AT
701-223-4582.

&&

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

NDZ048-050-051-222145-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
445 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

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

OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS
TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR PHONE AT
701-223-4582.

&&

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

NDZ003-005-010-011-013-018>023-025-033>037-041-042-044>047-222145-
RENVILLE-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
445 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 /345 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014/

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

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

OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS
TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR PHONE AT
701-223-4582.

&&

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

NDZ001-002-009-017-031-032-040-043-222145-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-
BOWMAN-
445 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 /345 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD
REMAIN NON SEVERE.

OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

NH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:09 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
409 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

0408 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 N GLEN ULLIN          46.89N 101.83W
07/21/2014  E60 MPH          MORTON             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:11 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
411 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

0407 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 S DICKINSON          46.71N 102.79W
07/21/2014                   STARK              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS. CROPS LAYED OVER. PEA SIZED
            HAIL. TOTAL RAINFALL 1.20 INCHES.

&&

KSIMOSKO

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:15 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
415 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

0400 PM     HAIL             10 N NORTH LEMMON       46.09N 102.16W
07/21/2014  E2.75 INCH       ADAMS              ND   PUBLIC

            A LOT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW BASEBALLS

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:32 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
432 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

0423 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E HEBRON              46.90N 101.98W
07/21/2014  E70 MPH          MORTON             ND   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN BETWEEN MILE
            MARKERS 122 AND 106 ON I-94

&&

MMATHEWS

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:46 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
446 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-212245-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-MCLEAN-PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-WARD-WELLS-
446 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

...STRONG STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF
YORK TO GRANVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF EMMET...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH. VARIOUS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  MINOT...
  RUGBY...
  GARRISON...
  HARVEY...
  GRANVILLE...
  SAWYER...
  MAX...
  VELVA...
  BENEDICT...
  KARLSRUHE...
  BALTA...
  BUTTE...
  DRAKE...
  ANAMOOSE...
  MARTIN...
  RUSO...

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 THESE STORMS
HAVE PASSED. BE WEATHER READY.

LAT...LON 4899 9956 4838 9948 4836 9983 4763 9986
      4763 10214 4785 10194 4785 10187 4792 10187
      4861 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 307DEG 18KT 4844 9952 4827 10090
          4773 10169

SCHECK

Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
455 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

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

0442 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 E NEW SALEM          46.85N 101.16W
07/21/2014  E70 MPH          MORTON             ND   PUBLIC

&&

KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Divide	36 min
Jul 21, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Divide	31 min
Jul 21, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Renville	42 min
Jul 21, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	39 min
Jul 21, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	63 min
Jul 21, 4:09 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh	16 hr
Jul 21, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	54 min
Jul 21, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	54 min
Jul 21, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, Slope	66 min
Jul 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	42 min
Jul 21, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope, Stark	67 min
Jul 21, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark	63 min
Jul 21, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Stark	25 min
Jul 21, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	55 min
Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	64 min
Jul 21, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	63 min
Jul 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	59 min
Jul 21, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	65 min
Jul 21, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	62 min
Jul 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Rolette, Ward	59 min
Jul 21, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	31 min
Jul 21, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, McLean, Oliver, Sheridan, Wells	57 min
Jul 21, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton, Sioux	53 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	61 min
Jul 21, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	67 min
Jul 21, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, Sheridan, Stutsman, Wells	65 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.