Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1986, 12:50 AM CDT for Burke County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1986, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1986, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 4038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KISN 260550 SVRISN NDC013-260630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1250 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST BURKE AND THE TOWN OF BOWBELLS AT 1245 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIGNITE NORTH DAKOTA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN RAPIDLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF LIFE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATLY...YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &NIELSEN 0549 Z
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 25, 8:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST.. NORTH CENTRAL..WEST CENTRAL..AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1100 PM MDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 725 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN RECEIVED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ALONG THE HETTINGER/ADAMS COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 15 MPH AND HAD CONTINUED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TYHREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING. SEAL
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SEVERE LOCAL STORM REPORTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
845 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986
DATE TIME ZONE EVENT..LOCATION..REMARKS..
JUN 25 1905 MDT SATELLITE DISH WAS REPORTED BLOWN DOWN
AND ROOF BLOWN OFF POLE BARN 5 MILES
WEST OF HIWAY 22 IN STARK COUNTY NEAR
THE DUNN COUNTY LINE (STARK CO.).
SEALSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 910 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST.. NORTH CENTRAL..WEST CENTRAL..AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1100 PM MDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 800 PM MDT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TWO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN RECEIVED. AT 705 PM MDT A SATELLITE DISH AND A ROOF OF A POLE BARN WERE REPORTED BLOWN OFF IN HIGH WIND. ALL THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING. SEAL
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1010 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST.. NORTH CENTRAL..WEST CENTRAL..AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1100 PM MDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 900 PM MDT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ALL THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING. SEAL
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1020 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986 ....THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.... AT 1020 RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN EXTREME EASTERN MONTANA. STRONG WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RICHMOND
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1110 PM CDT WED JUN 25 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST.. NORTH CENTRAL..WEST CENTRAL..AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1100 PM MDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 1000 PM MDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED IN WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 MPH. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING. SEAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Slope | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette, Towner | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ramsey, Towner | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1986Every 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.