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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 26, 2015Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2015, 5:41 PM MDT for Dunn County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 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 26, 2015, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2015, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 26, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -422 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 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.

894 
WUUS53 KBIS 262341
SVRBIS
NDC025-089-270045-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0155.150726T2341Z-150727T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
541 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 540 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLADSTONE...
  OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHARDTON AND TAYLOR AROUND 555 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LEFOR
AND HIRSCHVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4663 10272 4674 10279 4701 10278 4712 10258
      4712 10214 4663 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 225DEG 40KT 4681 10259 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JONES

3 follow-up statements

018 
WWUS53 KBIS 270010
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
610 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDC025-089-270045-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-150727T0045Z/
STARK ND-DUNN ND-
610 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTIES...

AT 608 PM MDT...THE CENTER OF A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 
OVER TAYLOR...OR 15 MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHARDTON AROUND 620 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LEFOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4663 10272 4674 10279 4692 10278 4703 10257
      4712 10214 4663 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 227DEG 24KT 4688 10245 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARTIN/JONES

714 
WWUS53 KBIS 270035
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
635 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDC025-270044-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-150727T0045Z/
DUNN ND-
635 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4667 10253 4671 10267 4683 10270 4694 10257
      4699 10213 4663 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 251DEG 37KT 4681 10251 

$$

NDC089-270045-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-150727T0045Z/
STARK ND-
635 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN STARK COUNTY...

AT 634 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLADSTONE...OR
13 MILES EAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHARDTON AND TAYLOR AROUND 645 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LEFOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4667 10253 4671 10267 4683 10270 4694 10257
      4699 10213 4663 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 251DEG 37KT 4681 10251 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JONES

829 
WWUS53 KBIS 270047
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
647 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDC089-270056-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-150727T0045Z/
STARK ND-
647 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STARK COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4667 10253 4671 10267 4683 10270 4694 10257
      4699 10213 4663 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 225DEG 40KT 4681 10251 

$$

JP MARTIN

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 26, 1:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
257 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 209 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

BLENDED THE CURRENT POPS WITH THE HRRR ENSEMBLE FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS OF 2 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
INITIATED ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
BUFKIT 12Z SOUNDINGS SHOW A CAP IN PLACE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BIS-JMS
SO USED THIS AS THE EASTWARD EXTENT FOR THE CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 20Z WATER VAPOR IMAGE SHOWS WEAK TROUGH
MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST MONTANA WITH THE MAIN UPPER LOW COMING ON
SHORE ACROSS WASH/OR. AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES PARALLEL WITH THE
COLD FRONT IT WILL ONLY MAKE IT THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY EVENING...THEN LIKELY RETREAT TO THE NORTHWEST AS
INCREASING LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW BECOMES MORE PREDOMINANT LATE
TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LOW MOVING TO MONTANA BY MONDAY
MORNING. AS THIS HAPPENS THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL
DIMINISH CENTRAL AND RETURN TO THE NORTHWEST.

ON MONDAY MID LEVEL COOLING AND INCREASING MID LEVEL ADIABATIC
LAPSE RATES WILL CREATE IMPRESSIVE CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 4000.
WITH COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY SET TO HELP BREAK THE CAP SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MONDAY MORNING
AND ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 BY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 209 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE LONG TERM IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK TOMORROW EVENING.

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TOMORROW.
THIS WILL PROVIDE AMPLE UPPER LEVEL ASCENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. ADDITIONALLY...A DEEP SURFACE LOW AND
COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA...WITH A WARM
FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDER. AFTERNOON HEATING
ACROSS A VERY WARM AND MOIST WARM SECTOR WILL LIKELY YIELD CAPE
VALUES GREATER THAN 3000 J/KG. AFTERNOON CAPING DUE TO AN
ELEVATED WARM LAYER WILL LIKELY INHIBIT CONVECTION FROM FORMING
ACROSS ALL BUT FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WHEN MID LEVEL COOLING AND STRONGER FORCING ARRIVES VIA
THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE. INITIALLY...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES. ONCE THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL WAVE BEGINS PUSHING
EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE...A TRANSITION TO DAMAGING LINE SEGMENTS
(WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL) APPEARS LIKELY.

DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...A SECONDARY PRESSURE SURGE WILL PRODUCE
VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH PRESSURE RISES BETWEEN
15 AND 20 MB/6HOUR...AND A STRONG DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT...WIND GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE
CONSIDERABLY COOLER WITH READINGS ON AVERAGE 20 TO 30 DEGREES
COOLER THAN MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 209 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

FOR THE 18Z TAF PERIOD...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO WEST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN WEST OF A MINOT TO
DICKINSON LINE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT BUT TOO UNCERTAIN AT THIS TOME TO
INCLUDE TSRA IN TAFS. WILL KEEP VCNTY FROM KDIK-KISN-KMOT. THEN A
STRONG UPPER LOW WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD NORTHWEST. THIS WILL IMPACT KISN AFTER 12Z.
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH LOW VFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE AT KISN
AFTER 12Z.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...WAA
LONG TERM...AJ
AVIATION...WAA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:41 PM MDT, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
441 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDZ002>005-010>013-017>021-032>034-040>042-272145-
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-
441 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FOCUSED ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

TUESDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT ALL HAIL...WINDS OVER 40 MPH...FLOODING...AND
TORNADOES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582 OR VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.

NDZ022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-272145-
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
441 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY EVENING AND MONDAY
NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

TUESDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT ALL HAIL...WINDS OVER 40 MPH...FLOODING...AND
TORNADOES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582 OR VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.

NDZ001-009-031-043>045-272145-
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
441 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FOCUSED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND FAR
NORTH CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

TUESDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT ALL HAIL...WINDS OVER 40 MPH...FLOODING...AND
TORNADOES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582 OR VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
533 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDZ011-012-018-019-021-262315-
MCHENRY ND-WARD ND-MERCER ND-MCLEAN ND-DUNN ND-
533 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WARD...
WEST CENTRAL MCHENRY...EAST CENTRAL DUNN...NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN AND
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM CDT /432 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
RICE LAKE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF GOLDEN VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARRISON...VELVA...SAWYER...MAX...RIVERDALE...MAKOTI...PICK CITY...
RYDER...BENEDICT...RICE LAKE...DOUGLAS...ROSEGLEN...HAZEN BAY
RECREATION AREA...LAKE SAKAKAWEA STATE PARK...INDIAN HILLS RECREATION
AREA...FORT STEVENSON STATE PARK...BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA...
LOGAN...EMMET AND RAUB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE SAKAKAWEA...GET OUT OF 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 1000 PM CDT/900
PM MDT/ FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4825 10075 4732 10144 4740 10241 4785 10198
      4785 10187 4795 10187 4813 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 258DEG 27KT 4811 10150 4736 10205

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
540 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDZ004-005-262330-
ROLETTE ND-BOTTINEAU ND-
540 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ROLETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES...

AT 540 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOTTINEAU...DUNSEITH...LAKE METIGOSHE STATE PARK AND INTERNATIONAL
PEACE GARDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE METIGOSHE...GET OUT OF 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 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4895 9982 4894 9982 4871 10029 4871 10031
      4884 10050 4900 10037 4900 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 223DEG 18KT 4883 10033

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:45 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
545 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDZ003-011-262315-
WARD ND-RENVILLE ND-
545 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND NORTH
CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES...

AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF MOHALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOHALL...GREENE...TOLLEY AND LORAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4887 10149 4880 10149 4859 10181 4857 10189
      4863 10195 4871 10195 4897 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 217DEG 25KT 4870 10182

HARGROVE

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:09 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
609 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

NDZ004-262345-
BOTTINEAU ND-
609 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY...

AT 609 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTLER...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOHALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTHOPE AND LANDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4875 10121 4875 10123 4885 10137 4900 10117
      4900 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 226DEG 33KT 4886 10120

HARGROVE

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:36 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
636 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

0612 PM     HAIL             4 S BOWMAN              46.13N 103.40W
07/26/2015  E1.00 INCH       BOWMAN             ND   PUBLIC

            60 MPH WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE HAIL.

&&

NHJ

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:37 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
637 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

0612 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BOWMAN              46.13N 103.39W
07/26/2015  E60 MPH          BOWMAN             ND   PUBLIC

            STRONG WINDS LASTED 5 MINUTES. BEGAN AT 612PM CDT.

&&

NHJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	30 min
Jul 25, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	29 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	35 min
Jul 25, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	60 min
Jul 25, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	45 min
Jul 25, 8:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	38 min
Jul 26, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	37 min
Jul 26, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	49 min
Jul 26, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	45 min
Jul 26, 2:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Mountrail, Williams	33 min
Jul 26, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	61 min
Jul 26, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Williams	62 min
Jul 26, 3:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Stark	38 min
Jul 26, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	34 min
Jul 26, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Renville	26 min
Jul 26, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn	65 min
Jul 26, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	53 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	67 min
Jul 26, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	42 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	50 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	30 min
Jul 26, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	36 min
Jul 26, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	59 min
Jul 26, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Rolette	28 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.