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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 1986McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1986, 5:42 PM CDT for McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 27, 1986, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1986, 6:37 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties McKenzie County, ND, Williams 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 5:42 PM CDTHail 1.75Williams, ND
Jun 27, 6:03 PM CDTHail 1.75Williams, ND
Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Mckenzie, ND
Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Mckenzie, 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, Jun 27, 5:05 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
510 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 1986

...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 500 PM CDT 4PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL FORMED IN EASTERN MCKENZIE AND WESTERN DUNN COUNTIES OF NORTH
DAKOTA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF KEENE NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST OF KILLDEER NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SEAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRamsey35 min
Jun 27, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn54 min
Jun 27, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMorton20 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.