Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1986, 5:18 PM CDT for Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1986, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1986, 5:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ramsey, ND |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:36 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 1986 AT 4 PM CDT OBSERVATIONS FROM THE DAKOTAS INDICATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN SOUTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. A PACIFIC WEATHER FRONT WAS LOCATED LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN EXTREME WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. BY MIDNIGHT THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LATER S9TATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. SEAL
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.