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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 1986Logan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1986, 4:37 PM CDT for Logan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1986, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1986, 5:10 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Logan County, ND

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -419 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 032149 COR
SVRBIS
NDC045-047-032210-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
437 PM CDT TUE JUN  3 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 510 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA..LOGAN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA..LA MOURE

AT 437 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES
NORTH OF KULM NORTH DAKOTA OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA CONSIDER GETTING INTO
A REINFORCED SHELTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE DEADLY
DUE TO..LIGHTNING..HAIL..HEAVOY RAINS..FLASH FLOODS..AND
STRONG WINDS. ALSO THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
KS 2137Z

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, Jun 3, 11:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1000 AM MDT RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF BOWMAN ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO THE HETTINGER AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STOLTZ

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 235 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN IN NORTHEAST STUTSMAN COUNTY. OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN EASTERN HETTINGER..EASTERN ADAMS..
AND SOUTHWEST GRANT COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS
ARE 60 TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD CONTINUE MONITORING WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE STORMS.

STOLTZ

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986..DATE OF OCCURRANCE WAS MON JUN 2 1986

TIME    ZONE   EVENT..LOCATION..REMARKS..

720 PM  CDT    WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH..ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS..WERE
               REPORTED AT ST. JOHN..IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
               NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.

744 PM  CDT    WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
               OF  CANDO. THE HIGH WINDS REDUCED VISIBILITIES
               TO 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING DUST.

805 PM  CDT    HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED ON A FARM
               3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOHALL.

835 PM  CDT    HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN
               MOHALL.
RCM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette, Towner	30 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ramsey	30 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	55 min
Jun 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	30 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	30 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.