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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 29, 1990McLean County, Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-06-29Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

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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.

 DCJ

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, 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.

RICHMOND
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams69 min
Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcKenzie29 min
Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie48 min
Jun 28, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie29 min
Jun 28, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie58 min
Jun 28, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer35 min
Jun 29, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark51 min
Jun 29, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton68 min
Jun 29, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver43 min
Jun 29, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Stark20 min
Jun 29, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton35 min
Jun 29, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton39 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.