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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 19, 20156 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 19, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
80.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2015-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2015-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
839 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NDZ018>021-033>037-040>048-050-051-210145-
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
839 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM SOUTHWESTERN INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS
EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582...OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-022-023-025-031-032-210145-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
839 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 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...TONIGHT

AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER EXPERIENCED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582...OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

JJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:12 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman29 min
Jun 19, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark67 min
Jun 19, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver54 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman46 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMorton, Oliver3 hr
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Morton62 min
Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Logan, Morton, Sioux30 min
Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder, Stutsman30 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant44 min
Jun 20, 4:30 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, McHenry, Mercer and 8 more5 hr
Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau30 min
Jun 20, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce36 min
Jun 20, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce32 min
Jun 20, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce20 min
Jun 20, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells24 min
Jun 20, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce34 min
Jun 20, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster25 min
Jun 20, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster44 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.