Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County McIntosh County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 220011
SVRBIS
NDC051-220100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
711 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
MCINTOSH
AT 705 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLEY...OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE ASHELY...DANZIG...AND LEHR.
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.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO 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, 4 hours 14 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, 3 hours 26 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, 2 hours 11 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 n
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NDZ001>018-212330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 600 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 600 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEVILS LAKE TO NEAR HAGUE 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 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 ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER. TSW
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:27 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
NDZ001>018-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 625 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 620 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEVILS LAKE TO NEAR HAGUE 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BOTTINEAU 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINOT TO NEAR TURTLE LAKE 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSO OR 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MINOT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER. TSW
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
NDZ005>018-220100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 650 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...NEAR NAPOLEON AND WISHEK IN LOGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. OTHER TOWNS NEAR THEIR PATH INCLUDE ASHLEY AND LEHR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TAKE SHELTER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...NORTHEAST TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BOTTINEAU...SOUTH TO 40 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK. SOME REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. PENN...WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE RECEIVED 3 3/4 INCHES OF RAIN...CAUSING SOME SMALL STREAM AND ROAD FLOODING. REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ALONG FLOODED ROADS. LEBLANG
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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.