Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1990, 7:51 PM MDT for Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 26, 1990, 7:51 PM MDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hettinger 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 26, 8:12 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Hettinger, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1023 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 270151
SVRBIS
NDC041-270245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
751 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
HETTINGER
AT 745 PM MDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES
WEST OF NEW ENGLAND...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF DICKINSON. RADAR
INDICATED THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST 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.
LMWhat 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 26, 3:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
NDZ001>003-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 430 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLISTON SOUTHWEST TO WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE AREA WERE OVER THE CITY OF WILLISTON AND OVER WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...OR 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR SAFTEY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. KENNEDY MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. TS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
NDZ001>003-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 430 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLISTON SOUTHWEST TO WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE AREA WERE OVER THE CITY OF WILLISTON AND OVER WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...OR 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR SAFTEY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
NDZ001>003-005-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 530 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS OVER WILLIAMS COUNTY. THIS AREA COVERED ALL BUT THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE WILLISTON AREA HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NDZ001>003-005-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 710 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON WAS INDICATING A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON. THIS STORM IS ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA BORDER AND IS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MCKENZIE COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 40 MILES WEST/SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON ALONG THE GOLDEN VALLEY AND BILLINGS COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATENIeNG WEATHER APROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. THERE WERE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA IN NORTHERN WILLIAMS...SOUTHERN DIVIDE INTO SOUTHERN BURK COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 7:10 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
NDZ001>003-005-270215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 815 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 810 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTOMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA WAS FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTH UNIT OF THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK AND OVER SOUTHWEST STARK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THE MCKENZIE COUNTY STORM. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF ANY OF THESE STORMS APPROACHES YOUR AREA. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 7:35 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
NDZ003>009-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 835 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 725 PM MDT...RADARS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN EXTREME NORTHEAST SLOPE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS CENTERED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...AND IT WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...LESS INTENSE STORMS WERE DETECTED IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 55 MILES EAST OF MINOT. THEY WERE MOVING EAST 25 MPH. LM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 44 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.