Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 12:26 AM CDT for McLean County, Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1990, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 290526
SVRBIS
NDC055-057-065-290630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1126 PM MDT THU JUN 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEAST MCLEAN...EASTERN MERCER...EASTERN OLIVER
AT 1223 AM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 50 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BISMARCK OR 4 MILES NORTH OF HAZEN. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
DCJWhat 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, 7:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 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, 10:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 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, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 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.
RICHMONDSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 12:08 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
NDZ002-003-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1210 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY AND WESTERN DUNN COUNTY HAVE EXPIRED... AT 1200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY BY 1225 AM CDT. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECIVED SINCE 1130 PM CDT HOWEVER THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED LAGE HAIL AND MAY REDEVELOP AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST. GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THIS STORM MOVES TOWARDS YOUR AREA. KENNEDY 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 29, 12:19 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
NDZALL-290530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1215 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...JUST SOUTH OF WASHBURN AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK JUST SOUTH OF STANTON AND 25 MILES WESTNORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...JUST SOUTH OF CENTER. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. AT 1215 AM CDT NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED...HOWEVER THE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SOME HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 9:26 AM CDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.