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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 1991Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1991, 5:22 PM CDT for Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 68 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: Jun 25, 1991, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Williams County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 57	Williams, ND
Jun 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Hail 1	Williams, 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 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 25, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:24 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 1991

AT 415 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM...70
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...NEAR THE TOWN OF RICHEY IN MONTANA. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD WELL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL STRONG WINDS
AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.

WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE GOOD FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT OVER EASTERN
MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SO TUNE IN YOUR LOCAL
RADIO OR TV STATION AND KEEP POSTED ON THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPEMENTS.

LEWIS

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:08 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
505 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
9 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM...30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...NEAR THE TOWN OF SIDNEY MONTANA. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IF THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES ON ITS CURRENT COURSE...IT WILL ENTER
INTO THE WILLISTON AREA OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AT 530-545 PM CDT.

EARLIER THIS SAME THUNDERSTORM DROPPED 3/4 INCH HAIL AND PRODUCED
DAMAGING WINDS IN LAMBERT MONTANA.

IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

LEWIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	64 min
Jun 24, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	56 min
Jun 25, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	60 min
Jun 25, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	65 min
Jun 25, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	68 min
Jun 25, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, McKenzie, Mountrail	64 min
Jun 25, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville, Ward	54 min
Jun 25, 7:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	25 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Williams	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1991 Every 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.