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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2015, 8:08 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2015, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Rolette County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
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 11, 7:41 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 2:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 237 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 NDZ003>005-011>013-020>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-121945- RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-OLIVER-MCLEAN- SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS- LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 237 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EVERYDAY THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 1-800-247-0212 OR VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. NDZ001-002-009-010-017>019-031>033-040>045-121945- DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- 237 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EVERYDAY THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. JJS/AJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NDZ021-022-035-120045-
BURLEIGH ND-MCLEAN ND-SHERIDAN ND-
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BURLEIGH...
SOUTHERN SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...
AT 706 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF MCCLUSKY
TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILTON...WING...GOODRICH...REGAN...MCKENZIE...BALDWIN...DOUBLE DITCH
INDIAN VILLAGE AND NEW JOHNS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4688 10089 4690 10091 4695 10091 4697 10094
4698 10094 4701 10089 4704 10087 4709 10093
4742 10070 4749 10007 4681 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 281DEG 9KT 4736 10050 4701 10068
ZHLocal storm report, Jul 11, 7:26 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 754 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 NDZ004-005-120145- ROLETTE-BOTTINEAU- 754 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROLETTE AND NORTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES... AT 753 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES EAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOTTINEAU...DUNSEITH...LAKE METIGOSHE STATE PARK...INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDEN AND OMEMEE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR LAKE METIGOSHE GET OFF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4900 9994 4871 10013 4870 10044 4900 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 190DEG 16KT 4881 10029 MATHEWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 10:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Rolette | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 40 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.