Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1990, 11:30 PM CDT for Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 6, 1990, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Foster County, ND, Stutsman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stutsman, ND | |
| Sep 7, 12:25 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stutsman, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 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 070430
SVRBIS
NDC043-093-031-070515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1130 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN KIDDER...
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN STUTSMAN...FOSTER...
AT 1125 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROBINSON...CARRINGTON
AND PETTIBONE
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.
RSLWhat 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, Sep 6, 7:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
NDZ001-070130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 730 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 725 PM CDT A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA...IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY ENTER NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA BY 740 PM CDT. THESE SAME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL IN ESTEVAN SASKATCHEWAN AND REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND MOVE INDOORS IF GTHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
NDZ001-005-009-010-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 755 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 750 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...NEAR BOWBELLS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAD PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH ESTEVAN EARLIER THIS EVENING. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KENMARE...SHERWOOD AND MOHALL. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL..AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NDZ005-009-010-070245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 840 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 835 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT PASSED THROUGH KENMARE AT 825 PM CDT. TOWNS AND CITIES NEAR THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DONNYBROOK ...GLENBURN...BURLINGTON...AND MINOT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RIM OF THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. THESE THUNDESRSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEFLY VERY RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REACH THE MINOT AREA BETWEEN 915 AND 945 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NDZ005>014-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 930 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 920 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TOWNS AND CITIES NEAR THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MINOT... VELVA...SAWYER...AND SURREY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITY OF MINOT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE STATE...FROM MINOT EAST TO DEVILS LAKE AND NORTH TO THE BORDER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MINOT AREA BETWEEN 930 PM AND 945 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ABELING
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 10:37 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
NDZ005>014-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 1025 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LYING ROUGHLY BETWEEN MINOT AND DEVILS LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT NEAR THE TOWN OF DRAKE. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 46 MPH WINDS WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH MINOT EARLIER TONIGHT. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HARVEY AND MCCLUSKEY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE NEAR ESMOND. THIS STORM ALSO LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STROM INCLUDE MADDOCK AND NEW ROCKFORD. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO] SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 10:59 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
NDZ005>014-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1100 PM CDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 1055 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LYING ROUGHLY FROM HALFWAY BETWEEN BISMARCK AND DEVILS LAKE TO DEVILS LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK...NEAR GOODRICH...IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...NEAR HAMBERG IN WELLS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS SHERIDAN AND WELLS COUNTIES AND THEN ENTER NORTHERN KIDDER...STUTSMAN...EDDY... AND FOSTER COUNTIES BY 1130 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE GOODRICH...HURDSFIELD ...FESSENDEN...AND NEW RtOCKFORD. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LEBLANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 27 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.