Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 10:02 PM MDT for Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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 28, 1990, 10:02 PM MDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1990, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dunn County, ND, McKenzie 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 10:05 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Mckenzie, ND | |
| Jun 28, 10:35 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Mckenzie, ND | |
| Jun 28, 10:50 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Dunn, 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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 28, 4:42 PM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
NDZALL-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 540 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...CAVALIER...PEMBINA...BENSON... RAMSEY AND WALSH. ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
NDZALL-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUONDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
NDZ002-290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 745 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 740 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF CULBERTSON IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY MONTANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED NORTH OF WOLF POINT MONTANA EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL ENTER WESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTH DAKOTA ABOUT 8 PM CDT AND WILL ENTER THE CITY OF WILLISTON AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS WILLIAMS COUNTY. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:11 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
NDZ002-003-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1010 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY AS BEEN CANCELED. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WILLISTON AREA AND EXTENDED 30 SOUTHWESTWARD THRU NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEuAST AT 30 MPH. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF THESE STORMS APPORACH YOUR AREA....SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. RICHMOND
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:34 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
NDZALL-290430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1035 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 1030 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT OVER LAKE SAKAKAWEA ON THE MCLEAN AND MERCER COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WILLISTON AND BACK TO THE WILLISTON AREA. VAN ESS
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:40 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1040 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990
...TIME/DATE... ...LOCATION/COUNTY... ...EVENT...
827 PM CDT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL
6/28/90 WILLIAMS COUNTY WINDS 60 MPH.
827 PM CDT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON 82 MPH WINDS.
6/28/90 WILLIAMS COUNTY
835 PM CDT 2 MILES SOUTH OF WILLISTON ROOF DAMAGE TO
6/28/90 WILLIAMS COUNTY WATER PLANT BUILDING.
845 PM CDT TOWN OF ALEXANDER 1 INCH HAIL. DAMAGE
6/28/90 MCKENZIE COUNTY TO BUILDINGS. HOLES
IN VINYL SIDINGS.
859 PM CDT 5 MILES NORTH OF WATFORD CITY POLICE REPORTED
6/28/90 MCKENZIE COUNTY FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH
DUST. POSSIBLE TOUCH
DOWN.
910 PM CDT WATFORD CITY 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL
6/28/90 MCKENZIE COUNTY 65 MPH WINDS.
RICHMONDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 7:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 9:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 10:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 11:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 2:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 2:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 3:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 7:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 8:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 8:26 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.