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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 28, 20154 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2015, 5:41 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2015, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2015, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 5:43 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gladstone, ND	LARGE DEAD TREE BLOWN OVER. 60 MPH GUST ESTIMATED.
Mar 28, 6:15 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 W Glen Ullin, ND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

843 
WUUS53 KBIS 282341
SVRBIS
NDC025-057-059-089-290030-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0001.150328T2341Z-150329T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
541 PM MDT SAT MAR 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  EASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT/730 PM CDT/

* AT 538 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF HALLIDAY TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LEFOR AROUND 550 PM MDT.
  TAYLOR AND DODGE AROUND 555 PM MDT.
  RICHARDTON AROUND 600 PM MDT.
  GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 705 PM CDT.
  ZAP AROUND 715 PM CDT.
  HEBRON AROUND 720 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN BUTTES...MARSHALL...
DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA...BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA AND HAZEN
BAY RECREATION AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4666 10286 4755 10241 4753 10194 4750 10184
      4752 10176 4751 10160 4724 10172 4724 10176
      4712 10177 4671 10193 4672 10209 4669 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 272DEG 37KT 4753 10235 4675 10269

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HARGROVE

1 follow-up statement

435 
WWUS53 KBIS 282355
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
655 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

NDC025-057-059-089-290030-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150329T0030Z/
MERCER ND-STARK ND-MORTON ND-DUNN ND-
655 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DUNN...NORTHWESTERN MORTON...EASTERN STARK AND MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL
730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...

AT 652 PM CDT/552 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALLIDAY TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LEFOR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 700 PM CDT.
  ZAP AND HEBRON AROUND 710 PM CDT.
  BEULAH AROUND 715 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION
AREA...BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA AND HAZEN BAY RECREATION AREA.

AT 643 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A LARGE TREE 
BLOWN DOWN IN GLADSTONE. ESTIMATED WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4754 10225 4753 10194 4750 10184 4752 10177
      4751 10161 4725 10172 4724 10176 4711 10177
      4673 10192 4672 10209 4669 10211 4668 10217
      4667 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 274DEG 44KT 4752 10209 4675 10244

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HARGROVE

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 Mar 28, 2:41 PM MDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:41 PM MDT, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES LOW SLIDING THROUGH SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN WITH COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH CENTRAL MONTANA.
UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS PLACES RIDGING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH
POTENT SHORT WAVE WORKING THROUGH CENTRAL MONTANA. SOME CONVECTION
HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING SYSTEM...WITH SOME LIGHTNING
STRIKES NOTED OVER EASTERN MONTANA. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE
DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER OUR AREA...WITH
TEMPERATURES PUSHING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...EXPECT SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THEIR EASTWARD PROGRESSION SPREADING
INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. LATEST HIGH-RES MODELS SUGGEST THE
POSSIBILITY OF 2 ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE INITIAL ROUND
MOVING THOUGH PRE-FRONTAL AND THE SECONDARY ROUND COMING LATER
THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
OVERALL REMAIN TAME...THOUGH WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS DEVELOP WITH HIGH BASED
STORMS.

PRE-FRONTAL PRESSURE RISES PUSH MAINLY THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA BUT NUDGE INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BRINGING STRONG AND
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. LATER IN THE EVENING COLD FRONT SLIDES
THROUGH WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY AND BECOMING GUSTY
THROUGHOUT ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

ON SUNDAY...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH
THE DAY WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING AS FRONT AND SHORT WAVE PUSH
WELL OFF TO THE EAST AND RIDGING RE-DEVELOPS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE
FOCUS OF THE LONG TERM.

NUMEROUS CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ARE FORECAST...AS NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THE CURRENT 12Z MODEL
SUITE PROJECTS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE LONG TERM. MUCH OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE RAIN...ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF SNOW CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THERE IS STRONG MODEL SUPPORT FOR WARM AIR ADVECTING INTO THE STATE
FROM THE CONUS SOUTHWEST...RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES NEARING 20
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH MID WEEK. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH THE PROJECTED ARRIVAL OF A
COLD FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

LCL MVFR CIGS OVER KJMS WILL ERODE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. LCL -TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN AREAS...WITH CHANCES SPREADING INTO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH
THE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES IN TONIGHT WITH WINDS
BECOMING WEST/NORTHWESTERLY AND BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY. AREAS
OF MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP WITH THE FRONT. CIGS WILL IMPROVE
SUNDAY FROM WEST TO EAST WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS
LOW AS 20 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO FAR SOUTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL SWITCH TOWARDS THE WEST LATER TODAY INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WHICH WILL SLIDE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING WHICH MAY
RESULT IN DRY LIGHTING ALONG WITH STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR
NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034.

HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR
NDZ031>033-040>045.

RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ031-032-040-
041-043-044.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR NDZ001-009-017-018.

WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR NDZ004-005-012-
013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051.

&&

SHORT TERM...JJS
LONG TERM...JJS
AVIATION...JJS
FIRE WEATHER...JJS

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
310 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

NDZ031>033-040>045-292015-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
310 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 /210 PM MDT SAT MAR 28 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE THREAT FOR
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...THOUGH AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND
GUST IS POSSIBLE.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN STRONG WIND REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 1-800-247-0212 OR RELAY
REPORTS TO US VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

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

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-292015-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
310 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS LOW...THOUGH AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

JJS/ACOOP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
537 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

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

0525 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 ENE BEACH             46.92N 103.98W
03/28/2015  M62 MPH          GOLDEN VALLEY      ND   AWOS

&&

AYD

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:05 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
605 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

NDZ018-032-033-040-041-043-044-282330-
ADAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-BOWMAN ND-DUNN ND-HETTINGER ND-SLOPE ND-STARK
ND-
505 PM MDT SAT MAR 28 2015

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS STRETCHED FROM
SOUTHERN DUNN...WESTERN STARK...EASTERN SLOPE...NORTHWESTERN
HETTINGER...BOWMAN...EASTERN BILLINGS AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS
COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH
FAIRFIELD TO MUD BUTTES...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO
BLOWING DUST.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BOWMAN...
  DICKINSON...
  BELFIELD...
  AMIDON...
  SOUTH HEART...
  MANNING...
  BOWMAN HALEY DAM...
  SCRANTON...
  NEW ENGLAND...
  GLADSTONE...
  REEDER...
  GRIFFIN...
  DICKINSON REGIONAL AIRPORT...
  SCHEFIELD...

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

LAT...LON 4724 10230 4595 10301 4595 10386 4728 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 270DEG 47KT 4709 10311 4604 10366

COOPER

Local storm report, Mar 28, 5:21 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
621 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND GST     KILLDEER                47.37N 102.75W
03/28/2015  M64 MPH          DUNN               ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

ZH

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:21 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
621 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

NDZ010-017-018-021-282345-
DUNN ND-MCKENZIE ND-MCLEAN ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-
621 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS STRETCHED ACROSS
NORTHERN DUNN...NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE...CENTRAL MOUNTRAIL AND
NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE EARTH BAY RECREATION AREA TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MANNING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO
BLOWING DUST.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  STANLEY...
  MANDAREE...
  KILLDEER...
  4 BEARS LODGE...
  DUNN CENTER...
  NEW TOWN...
  BELDEN...
  BLAISDELL...
  PARSHALL...
  HALLIDAY...
  OAKDALE...
  MCKENZIE BAY RECREATION AREA...
  TWIN BUTTES...

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

LAT...LON 4842 10201 4725 10231 4729 10303 4732 10303
      4733 10307 4826 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 228DEG 41KT 4823 10260 4732 10295

COOPER

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:37 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
637 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

NDZ018-019-033-034-040-041-043-044-290000-
ADAMS ND-BOWMAN ND-DUNN ND-HETTINGER ND-MERCER ND-MORTON ND-SLOPE
ND-STARK ND-
537 PM MDT SAT MAR 28 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST...MOVING INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 532 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH
OF DUNN CENTER TO 5 MILES WEST OF BOWMAN HALEY DAM...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HIRSCHVILLE...BOWMAN HALEY DAM...SCRANTON AND NEW ENGLAND AROUND 540
PM MDT.
GLADSTONE AND GASCOYNE AROUND 545 PM MDT.
HAVELOCK...REEDER AND MARSHALL AROUND 550 PM MDT.
TAYLOR AND LEFOR AROUND 555 PM MDT.
RICHARDTON...BUCYRUS AND REGENT AROUND 600 PM MDT.

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

LAT...LON 4594 10369 4663 10327 4664 10323 4670 10323
      4698 10306 4698 10303 4703 10303 4729 10287
      4726 10185 4593 10252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 270DEG 41KT 4727 10253 4598 10330

HARGROVE

Local storm report, Mar 28, 5:39 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
639 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015

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

0626 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 S DICKINSON           46.80N 102.81W
03/28/2015  M68 MPH          STARK              ND   ASOS

&&

AYD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 2:59 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger and 2 more	29 hr
Mar 28, 2:59 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 18 more	33 hr
Mar 28, 3:06 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope	17 hr
Mar 28, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	31 min
Mar 28, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	31 min
Mar 28, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman, Slope, Stark	25 min
Mar 28, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn, Mountrail	24 min
Mar 28, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Stark	23 min
Mar 28, 5:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.