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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2015, 9:31 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2015, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2015, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Billings County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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 27, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 27, 8:45 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 8:45 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 945 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 943 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 QUICK UPDATE TO ADD BURLEIGH AND EMMONS COUNTIES TO THE EXISTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457...WHICH CONTINUES UNTIL 3AM CDT TUESDAY. UPDATED PRODUCTS SENT. UPDATE ISSUED AT 643 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 UPDATED POPS WITH HRRR ENSEMBLE. TRIED TO CAPTURE THE HIGHER POPS EXPECTED NEXT 6 HOURS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 233 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE ALLOWING FULL HEATING ACROSS MUST OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS INTO THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S. NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS HAVE 4000+ CAPE WITH 20-30 KTS BULK SHEAR ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WAITING FOR CAP TO ERODE. HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS IN THE THUNDERSTORM AREAS OF ONE TO NEARLY 2 INCHES MAINLY NORTH. ISOLATED MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. ON TUESDAY...EXPANDED THE HIGH WIND WATCH EAST THROUGH THE CWA. MODELS DELAYED THE HIGHER WINDS ABOUT 3 TO 6 HOURS. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 233 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 THE LONG TERM WILL START WITH WINDY CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE DEPARTING LOW WILL PRODUCE WRAP AROUND SHOWERS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. ADDITIONALLY WITH DOWNSLOPING WINDS AND STRONG CAA WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WINDY DAY...ALBEIT MUCH LESS THAN TUESDAY. THEREAFTER WE WILL SEE A TRANSITION TO NORTHWEST FLOW...WITH RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 643 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 HAZARDS TO AVIATION INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND STRONG WINDS TUESDAY. AT 6 PM CDT...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST. COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL FOLLOW AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. AS THE LOW EXITS THE REGION TUESDAY STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45KTS WILL SPREAD FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051. && UPDATE...KS SHORT TERM...WAA LONG TERM...AJ AVIATION...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 8:42 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 942 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-290245- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- 942 PM CDT MON JUL 27 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...REST OF TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457 IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM CDT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING SPREADING EAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEST AND NORTH TUESDAY. .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. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-290245- BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 942 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING SPREADING EAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEST AND NORTH TUESDAY. .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. KS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
819 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015
NDZ017-031>033-280245-
STARK-MCKENZIE-BILLINGS-GOLDEN VALLEY-
819 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015
...A CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT WESTERN
STARK...SOUTHWESTERN MCKENZIE...BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY
COUNTIES...
AT 818 PM MDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MEDORA...OR 17 MILES EAST OF BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEACH...BELFIELD...MEDORA...GOLVA...SENTINEL BUTTE...TROTTERS...
GRASSY BUTTE...SKAAR...SOUTH FAIRFIELD...FAIRFIELD...FRYBURG AND
ALPHA.
LAT...LON 4745 10405 4745 10310 4732 10308 4664 10316
4663 10380 4657 10381 4654 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 179DEG 21KT 4697 10363
HEINERTLocal storm report, Jul 27, 8:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
928 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND GST 10 NNE EAST FAIRVIEW 47.99N 103.96W
07/27/2015 E60 MPH WILLIAMS ND TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJLocal storm report, Jul 27, 8:49 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
949 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM TSTM WND GST 11 S BONETRAIL 48.26N 103.82W
07/27/2015 E70 MPH WILLIAMS ND TRAINED SPOTTER
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF AND BARN DOORS BLOWN OUT
&&
AJLocal storm report, Jul 27, 8:56 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 27, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 7:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams | 22 min |
| Jul 27, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 8:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 10:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 10:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 10:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 11:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 11:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 12:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster, Pierce, Rolette, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 12:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 1:33 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:33 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 40 hr |
Nearby
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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.