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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 2, 1986Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1986, 6:33 PM CDT for Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1986, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 273 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1986-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1986-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 KISN 022333
SVRISN
NDC013-023-030015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
633 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...EASTERN BURKE AND DIVIDE

AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTH OF FORTUNA NORTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

NEWKIRK 2331 Z

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.