Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:23 PM MDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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 18, 1992, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Mercer, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 18, 12:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NDZ001-002-181920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 120 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON... OR 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF TRENTON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORN WAS 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...IN MONTANA...JUST SOUTH OF SIDNEY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMEMBER TO TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTOR"MS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NDZ001-002-182020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 215 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...NEAR FAIRVIEW MONTANA...TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON NEAR WATFORD CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST- SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE CURRENT PATH OF THESE STORMS WILL TAKE THEM NEAR THE TOWNS OF ARNEGARD...ALEXANDER...WATFORD CITY AND KEENE IN MCKENZIE COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NDZ001>003-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 315 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT AT 305 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON OR 10 SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ARNEGARD IN MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...WHICH WILL HAVE THEM PASSING OVER THE KILLDEER MOUNTAINS AND THE TOWN OF KILLDEER DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...PEA SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST HOUR. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.z LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:53 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
NDZ001>018-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MINOT SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS LAKE SAKAKAWEA TO NEAR DICKINSON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE STRONG CELL WAS LOCATED NEAR RYDER IN WARD COUNTY...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. ANOTHER STRONG CELL WAS MOVING ACROSS LAKE SAKAKAWEA AND WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG CELLS WERE LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART IN STARK COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON AND NEAR TURTLE LAKE IN MCLEAN COUNTY...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER. BOATERS ON CENTRAL LAKE SAKAKAWEA SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. FORS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:54 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
NDZ001>018-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED DATE/TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MINOT SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS LAKE SAKAKAWEA TO NEAR DICKINSON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE STRONG CELL WAS LOCATED NEAR RYDER IN WARD COUNTY...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. ANOTHER STRONG CELL WAS MOVING ACROSS LAKE SAKAKAWEA AND WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG CELLS WERE LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART IN STARK COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON AND NEAR TURTLE LAKE IN MCLEAN COUNTY...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER. BOATERS ON CENTRAL LAKE .SAKAKAWEA SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. FORS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, Stutsman | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.