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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 29, 1990Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 3:17 AM MDT for Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 3:17 AM MDT (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 290917
SVRBIS
NDC065-291000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
317 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      OLIVER

AT 405 CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME WESTERN
OLIVER COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF BEULAH OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BISMARCK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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 ROO%M 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.

 LM

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, 11:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 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
Local storm report, Jun 29, 12:01 AM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
100 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

...TIME/DATE...       ...LOCATION/COUNTY...           ...EVENT...

1040 PM CDT      WATFORD CITY                     1 INCH HAIL
6/28/90          MCKENZIE COUNTY

1105 PM CDT      15 EAST WATFORD CITY             1 INCH HAIL
6/28/90          MCKENZIE COUNTY

1130 PM CDT      TOWN OF ALEXANDER                QUARTER SIZE HAIL
6/28/90          NORTHWEST MCKENZIE COUNTY_        COVERED GROUND

LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NDZALL-290700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
125 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST MCLEAN...
EASTERN MERCER AND EASTERN OLIVER WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT. NO OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF 125 AM CDT.

A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK OR 20 MILES
WEST OF WILTON AND ANOTHER 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK
OR 15 MILES WEST OF WING. THESE STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OFu SAFETY IF
NECESSARY.
TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NDZALL-290800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
210 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 205 AM CDT...RADARS INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE
SOUTHWEST TIP OF NORTH DAKOTA OVER NORTHWEST BOWMAN COUNTY. RADAR
INDICATED THIS STORM CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...AND A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME
HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

OTHER STORMS EXTENDED EAST FROM THE BOWMAN COUNTY STORM TO THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THESE STORMS CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

THE THIRD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE
BETWEEN BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. THESE STORMS WERE DECREASING IN
INTENSITY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH.
END
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:28 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NDZ002-003-290815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
220 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

...MORE LATE NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 215 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULBERTSON MONTANA.  THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STARTED 10 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON AND
EXTENDED TO 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON..OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WOLF POINT MONTANA.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

TS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:03 AM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NDZALL-291000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
305 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...

AT 305 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGTNING
STRIKES AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED FORM NEAR
DICKINSON TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JAMESTOWN NEAR STREETER...AND FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK NEAR
STRASBURG TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR NEW LEIPZIG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY
PRODUCE SOME LOCAL FLOODING.

BE PREPARED MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOBE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams69 min
Jun 28, 7:46 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMcKenzie29 min
Jun 28, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie48 min
Jun 28, 9:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie29 min
Jun 28, 10:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie58 min
Jun 28, 10:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer35 min
Jun 28, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver64 min
Jun 29, 2:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark51 min
Jun 29, 2:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton68 min
Jun 29, 7:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Stark20 min
Jun 29, 8:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton35 min
Jun 29, 8:26 AM MDTSevere 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.