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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 1990Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1990, 2:43 AM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1990, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1990, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2715 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
18.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 270743
SVRBIS
NDC015-059-270815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
243 AM CDT WED JUN 27 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      WESTERN BURLEIGH...EASTERN MORTON

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANDAN AND BISMARCK.

AT 240 AM CDT...A SPOTTER 1 MILE WEST OF THE MANDAN AIRPORT
REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL. THE HAIL FELL ONLY FOR
ONLY A FEW MINUTES...THEN ENDED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE` ROAD.

 KAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams64 min
Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie39 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn60 min
Jun 26, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMountrail32 min
Jun 26, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean66 min
Jun 26, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMercer44 min
Jun 27, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver68 min

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.