Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 6, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, McLean County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
542
WUUS53 KBIS 062311
SVRBIS
NDC015-029-055-059-065-070000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0002.160406T2311Z-160407T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
611 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WILTON...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MANDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BISMARCK AROUND 625 PM CDT.
LINCOLN AND MCDOWELL DAM RECREATION AREA AROUND 630 PM CDT.
MENOKEN AROUND 635 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DOUBLE
DITCH INDIAN VILLAGE...MOFFIT...FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATE PARK...
BALDWIN...FORT RICE...HAZELTON RECREATION AREA...DRISCOLL...CROWN BUTTE
LAKE...PRICE AND HUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4703 10124 4728 10069 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 319DEG 50KT 4705 10085
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ABELING3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KBIS 062324
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
624 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
NDC055-062333-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
MCLEAN ND-
624 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4703 10124 4720 10058 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 332DEG 55KT 4689 10072
$$
NDC015-029-059-065-070000-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
OLIVER ND-BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-MORTON ND-
624 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OLIVER...BURLEIGH...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES...
AT 623 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MCDOWELL DAM RECREATION AREA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LINCOLN AND MENOKEN AND BISMARCK AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DOUBLE
DITCH INDIAN VILLAGE...MOFFIT...FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATE PARK...
BALDWIN...FORT RICE...HAZELTON RECREATION AREA...DRISCOLL...CROWN BUTTE
LAKE...PRICE AND HUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4703 10124 4720 10058 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 332DEG 55KT 4689 10072
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ABELING952
WWUS53 KBIS 062339
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
639 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
NDC065-062348-
/O.CAN.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
OLIVER ND-
639 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OLIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4688 10111 4707 10037 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 319DEG 50KT 4673 10051
$$
NDC015-029-059-070000-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-MORTON ND-
639 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BURLEIGH...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON
COUNTIES...
AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
MENOKEN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN BURLEIGH...NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: DOUBLE DITCH INDIAN
VILLAGE...MOFFIT...FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATE PARK...FORT RICE...HAZELTON
RECREATION AREA...DRISCOLL...CROWN BUTTE LAKE...HUFF...MCKENZIE AND
UNIVERSITY OF MARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4688 10111 4707 10037 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 319DEG 50KT 4673 10051
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ABELING705
WWUS53 KBIS 062357
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
657 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
NDC015-029-059-070007-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
BURLEIGH ND-EMMONS ND-MORTON ND-
657 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BURLEIGH...
NORTHWESTERN EMMONS AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4688 10111 4707 10037 4690 10007 4677 10008
4656 10028 4646 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 319DEG 50KT 4673 10051
$$
ABELINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 3:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 47 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.