Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 4:34 PM CDT for Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Aug 13, 1990, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ward, ND | |
| Aug 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Renville, 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, 9.6 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
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 132134
SVRBIS
NDC075-101-132215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
434 PM CDT MON AUG 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
RENVILLE...NORTHERN WARD
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOHALL AND DONNYBROOK
AT 425 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 55
MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT NEAR KENMARE. AT 425 PM CDT POLICE
REPORTED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AT KENMARE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST
AT 25 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 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.
LEBLANGWhat 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, Aug 13, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NDZ001>002-005-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
210 PM CDT MON AUG 13 1990
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 200 CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON JUST SOUTHWEST
OF GRENORA...AND 35 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON IN SOUTHERN
DIVIDE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...BRIEF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND DANGERIOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
TS
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[Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NDZ001>002-005-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 210 PM CDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 200 CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON JUST SOUTHWEST OF GRENORA...AND 35 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON IN SOUTHERN DIVIDE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND DANGERIOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TS 0
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:01 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
NDZ001>002-005-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 345 PM CDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 345 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON OVER RAY... AND 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM ESTEVAN SASKATCHEWAN SOUTH TO 15 MILES EAST/NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON ...THEN WEST TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON IN NhORTHEAST MONTANA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.