Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 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 29, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2019, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 3956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 17.1
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 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Bismarck ND 703 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 .UPDATE... Issued at 702 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 Update to end the heat advisory. The impressive easterly/northeasterly outflow from the morning thunderstorms pretty much dominated the afternoon clouds, wind, temperature, and even dewpoint fields that were forecast. We had thought that the higher temps would eventually be realized by mid afternoon...but the temperature/humidity combination to make the heat index never came to fruition. UPDATE Issued at 610 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 Update for tornado watch # 463 for parts of southwest and all of south central ND...mainly from Dunn/Adams counties eastward to Foster/Dickey counties...including Dickinson, Hettinger, Mandan, Bismarck, Fort Yates, Carrington, Jamestown, Oakes. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday) Issued at 331 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 Main forecast issues this afternoon and tonight will be thunderstorms and heat. The easterly winds and resultant cooler air from outflow from earlier thunderstorms has kept variable cloud cover over central North Dakota. Will take Stutsman County out of the heat advisory because of this. Because of the outflow from earlier storms, and latest mesoscale analysis from SPC indicates that even at 2 pm CDT there is still some CIN that is still squelching the potential surface-based cape of 2500-5000 J/kg. However, the potential is still there with MU CAPE above the mixed layer of 3000-5000 J/kg. Low level jet still remains in place, with the northern edge of the LLJ and surface warm front now in southern Manitoba. The surface cold front has been slow to enter western ND today, but extended from near Williston to just east of Beach and Bowman. Despite the cooler air moving in, the latest RAP sounding for Jamestown indicates a return of warmer air (90F) by around 00z, and increases low level southeasterly flow. The current mesoanalysis from Bismarck to Jamestown indicates an effective significant tornado parameter of 4-9. Bulk shear is perpendicular to the north- south cold front, so expect discrete cells to develop. Needless to say, plenty of available CAPE energy just above the surface, with higher dewpoints aloft as well with the LLJ, and plenty of effective shear remain. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threat, as well as isolated tornadoes. Upper level impulses moving northeastward in the southwest flow aloft, along with convergence along the surface cold front advancing eastward into central ND will be the kicker for thunderstorms. Even now at mid-afternoon, upper level impulses are kicking off thunderstorms in northeast Montana/northwest ND/southeast Saskatchewan behind the cold front. Expect things to quiet down from west to east late tonight. Cooler and noticeably drier on Sunday with dewpoints in the 50s returning to our area. .LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Saturday) Issued at 331 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 We return to more of a quasi-zonal flow through the remainder of the long term period. So not quite the heat and humidity, but the threat of thunderstorms will remain daily/nightly in the forecast. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 702 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 Thunderstorms are expected to develop over parts of central and western North Dakota - with best chances at KDIK until around 03z...at KBIS and KMOT until around 05z...and at KJMS until around 07z. Severe storms are possible with large hail, damaging winds, lightning, and possible tornadoes through 06z, especially at KDIK, KBIS, and KJMS. The cold front at 00z extended from east of Stanley to just east of KDIK to east of KHEI. The cold front will push east this evening, reaching KJMS by 05z-07z. Southeast winds ahead of the front and northwest winds behind it. VFR conditions later tonight and all day Sunday. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...JV SHORT TERM...JV LONG TERM...JV AVIATION...JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 407 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 NDZ031-032-040-043-302115- Golden Valley-Billings-Slope-Bowman- 307 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight There is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Near daily chances of thunderstorm will remain in the forecast through Friday. The chance for severe storms appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-033-041-044-302115- Divide-Burke-Williams-Mountrail-McKenzie-Dunn-Stark-Hettinger- Adams- 407 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 /307 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. A few of these storms could be severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Near daily chances of thunderstorm will remain in the forecast through Friday. The chance for severe storms appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-037-302115- Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-McLean-Sheridan- Wells-Foster-Stutsman- 407 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, south central North Dakota, and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. These storms could produce damaging winds near 70 mph and tennis ball size hail, and possibly a tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Near daily chances of thunderstorm will remain in the forecast through Friday. The chance for severe storms appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ019-020-034-042-045-302115- Mercer-Oliver-Morton-Grant-Sioux- 407 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 /307 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. A few of these storms could be severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Near daily chances of thunderstorm will remain in the forecast through Friday. The chance for severe storms appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ035-036-046>048-050-051-302115- Burleigh-Kidder-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 407 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A heat advisory is in effect until early evening for heat index values of 100F to 105F. Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. These storms could produce damaging winds near 70 mph and tennis ball size hail, and possibly a tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Near daily chances of thunderstorm will remain in the forecast through Friday. The chance for severe storms appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. JV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
443 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE TOWNER 48.37N 100.37W
06/29/2019 E1.77 INCH MCHENRY ND CO-OP OBSERVER
HEAVY RAIN FROM 615 AM TO AROUND 830 AM CDT.
SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL
WITH SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
JVLocal storm report, Jun 29, 8:21 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 46 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.