Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2016, 8:52 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 53 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 220 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
123 WUUS53 KBIS 030252 SVRBIS NDC007-033-053-105-030345- /O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0252.160903T0252Z-160903T0345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 952 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHERN BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/ * AT 951 PM CDT/851 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF CULBERTSON TO WIBAUX... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FORT UNION TRADING POST AROUND 920 PM MDT. WILLISTON AROUND 1045 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE FORT BUFORD STATE HISTORICAL SITE...RAWSON...TRENTON...SATHER DAM...FAIRFIELD... CHARBONNEAU AND CARTWRIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4811 10404 4821 10352 4718 10316 4698 10404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 247DEG 44KT 4796 10453 4698 10418 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SIMOSKO
2 follow-up statements
039 WWUS53 KBIS 030327 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1027 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2016 NDC007-033-053-105-030345- /O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160903T0345Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY ND-WILLIAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-MCKENZIE ND- 1027 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY...SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS... NORTHERN BILLINGS AND WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES... AT 1027 PM CDT/927 PM MDT/...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF FORT UNION TRADING POST TO 16 MILES NORTH OF MEDORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... WILLISTON AROUND 1045 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE FORT BUFORD STATE HISTORICAL SITE...RAWSON...TRENTON...SATHER DAM...FAIRFIELD... CHARBONNEAU AND CARTWRIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4811 10404 4821 10352 4718 10316 4698 10404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 247DEG 44KT 4812 10398 4714 10363 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SIMOSKO
351
WWUS53 KBIS 030342
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1042 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2016
NDC007-033-053-105-030351-
/O.EXP.KBIS.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160903T0345Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY ND-WILLIAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-MCKENZIE ND-
1042 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY...
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS...NORTHERN BILLINGS AND WESTERN MCKENZIE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4811 10404 4821 10352 4718 10316 4698 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 247DEG 44KT 4812 10398 4714 10363
$$
SIMOSKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 10:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 42 min |
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.