Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1991, 5:47 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 13, 1991, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stutsman County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:52 PM 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 13, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
NDZ007-011-013-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 205 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 2 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK NEAR STERLING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ABRE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
NDZ006>011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 515 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH CLEARED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE TORNADO WATCH IS1 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... EMMONS...BURLEIGH...KIDDER AND WELLS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA. FORS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
NDZ006>011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 545 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 535 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BISMARCK SHOWED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE BISMARCK AREA. THE STORMS EXTEND FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LINTON...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK AND NORTH OF WING...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO KIDDER AND LOGAN COUNTLIES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. FORS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ramsey | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.