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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 21, 1992Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1992, 5:05 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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: May 21, 1992, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Kidder County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Kidder, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 212205
SVRBIS
NDC043-212245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
505 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      KIDDER

AT 500 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR IDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STEELE OR 45 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TUTTLE AND
ROBINSON.

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.

 A SUCCESSION OF SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER KIDDER COUNTY MAY CAUSE
 VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME LOCALES. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN FIELDS
 AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
 ROADS.

 RSL

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, May 21, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

NDZ005>014-212100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
245 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 240 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE BAND WAS
20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK
THROUGH BISMARCK TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER.

THREE STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED ON THE RADAR SCREEN. THE FIRST WAS
5 MILES NORTH OF HURDSFIELD OR 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THE
SECOND WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...AND THE THIRD WAS 5 MILES
NORTH OF SHIELDS OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THIS 3 STORMS
LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THEY COULD ALSO
CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE AIR IS BECOMING UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME QUITE VIGOROUS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS.

LM

Special weather statement, May 21, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

NDZ005>014-212100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
340 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 330 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE SOUTH THROUGH HURDSFIELD TO
STEELE THEN SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF BISMARCK TO NEAR SELFRIDGE
ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TOWNER COUNTY NEAR CANDO
...IN WELLS COUNTY NEAR HURDSFIELD-FESSENDEN AREA...IN KIDDER COUNTY
NEAR STEELE AND TUTTLE AND IN SIOUX COUNTY NEAR SELFRIDGE.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...
AND  POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

DES

Special weather statement, May 21, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

NDZ001>018-21223-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
500 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 500 PM CDT BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST
WEST OF DEVILS LAKE TO BRADDOCK 30 MILES SOUTHEST OF BISMARCK. MOVEMENT
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
IN ADDITION SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER.

TSW
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	37 min
May 21, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1992 Every 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.