Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 12:14 AM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1990, 12:14 AM MDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1990, 12:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 280614
SVRBIS
NDC089-280645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1214 AM MDT THU JUN 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL EAST STARK
AT 1212 AM MDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL STARK COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF DICKINSON. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED 70 MPH WINDS IN BELFIELD...10 MILES WEST
OF DICKINSON...AND TORE A ROOF OFF A BARN NEAR BELFIELD. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH DICKINSON AND INTO TAYLOR...
RICHARDTON AND GLADSTONE BY 135 AM MDT.
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.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN.
VAN ESSWhat 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, 7:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
NDZ001>011-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 815 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM MDT...MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 815 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTANA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKO/TA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MONTANA AND DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MONTANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
NDZ001>003-280245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 855 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED TWO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MONTANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON..JUST WEST OF THE DAKOTA BORDER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER THE WILLISTON AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WAS 55 WEST OF WILLISTON..5 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF POPLAR MONTANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE NOW COVERING MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL DIVIDE COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA. . CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEqATHER BROADCASTS FOT THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:44 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
NDZ001>003-280345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 940 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MONTANA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON..OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULBERTSON IN RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY AROUND 9 PM CDT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOT THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NDZ001>011-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1045 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1040 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER SOUTH OF SELRIDGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTY BY 1115 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MONTANA AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR WILLISTON TO NEAR MILES CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NDZ001>003-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1120 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1115 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON CONTINUED TO INDICATE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF WILLISTON IN MCKENZIE COUNTY. AS OF 11 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MCKENZIE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTH UNIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE PARK WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. . CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STA0TEMENTS. IF THESE STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NDZ001>011-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1145 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1140 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MCKENZIE COUNTY...SOUTH OF WILLISTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME EASTERN MONTANA... AND WILL ENTER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT MDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG WIND..U.HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AS THEY PASSED THROUGH MILES CITY IN EASTERN MONTANA. VAN ESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 11:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 11:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 12:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 1:05 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 1:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 1:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Rolette, Towner | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette, Towner | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ramsey, Towner | 59 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.