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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 1992Adams County, Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:49 PM MDT for Adams County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, ND, Hettinger County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 256 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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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, 2:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 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, 3 hours 56 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, 3 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NDZ001>003-005-182335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
530 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 60 MILES EAST OF WILLISTON. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
THE TOWN OF STANLEY IN MOUTRAIL COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUPS LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE TOWN OF PARSHALL AROUND 610 PM CDT.

IF THESE STORMS APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

RICHMOND
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.