Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT for Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Renville County, ND, Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ward, ND | |
| Jul 2, 6:35 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Ward, ND | |
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ward, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 022309 COR
SVRBIS
NDC075-101-030000-
...CORRECTION..CITY NAME...
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
559 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
RENVILLE...NORTHWEST WARD
AT 555 PM CDT RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENMARE...OR 55 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MINOT MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE KENMARE...NORMA...TOLLEY AND
MOHALL.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS IT
CONTINUES TO PRODUCE BERY HEAVY RAINS.
KASWhat 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, Jul 2, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
NDZ001-022000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
205 PM CDT MON JUL 02 1990
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON...NEAR THE TOWN
OF FORTUNA IN NORTHERN DIVIDE COUNTY. THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND VERY
{STRONG WINDS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
LEWISSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NDZ001>018-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS MOVED DOWN FROM CANADA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE DEPUTY SHERIFF IN FORTUNA REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AT 330 PM CDT. WESTVIEW MONTANA REPORTED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN AT 350 PM CDT. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED. AT 425 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON NEAR CROSBY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM. mTHIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. EVERYONE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TSW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NDZ001>018-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS MOVED DOWN FROM CANADA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE DEPUTY SHERIFF IN FORTUNA REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AT 330 PM CDT. WESTVIEW MONTANA REPORTED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN AT 350 PM CDT. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED. AT 425 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON NEAR CROSBY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STOyRM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. EVERYONE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TSW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
NDZ005-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 500 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 450 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN BURKE COUNTY...80 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL PUT INTO NORTHWEST WARD COUNTY AND WESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY BY AROUND 7 PM...INTO THE MOHALL AREA BY 8 PM AND THE MINOT VICINITY BY AROUND 830 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THIS STORM DROPPED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS IN WESTBY MONTANA ...ON THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AND 2.5 INCHES IN FORTUNA...IN EXTREME NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. BESIDES THE POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAIN...THIS STROM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. EVERYONE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. KAS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
NDZ001>004-006-011-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR CITY NAME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS MOVED DOWN FROM CANADA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE DEPUTY SHERIFF IN FORTUNA REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AT 330 PM CDT. WESTBY MONTANA...ON THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER REPORTED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN AT 350 PM CDT. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. AT 425 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON NEAR CROSBY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. EVERYONE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TSW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
NDZ001>011-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 530 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 530 PM CDT A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY... WEST OF BOWBELLS...MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS WILL PUT IT INTO NORTHWEST WARD COUNTY AND WESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY..INCLUDING THE CITY OF KENMARE BY 630 PM. IT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOHALL AREA BETWEEN 730 AND 8 PM...AND COULD REACH THE MINOT VICINITY BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THIS STORM DID DROP 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS IN WESTBY MONTANA...ON THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AND 2.5 INCHES IN FORTUNA...IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM ALSO PRODUCE 60 TO 70 MPH WIND NEAR FORTUNA. BESIDES THE HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS...THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EVEN A TORNADO. EVERYONE IN NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 58 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.