Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1992, 10:54 PM MDT for Grant County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 24, 1992, 10:54 PM MDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, ND, Morton County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 11:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Grant, 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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 250454
SVRBIS
NDC059-037-250545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 PM MDT FRI JUL 24 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
WESTERN MORTON...
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWEST GRANT...
AT 1050 PM MDT..RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST
OF MOTT OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST 30 MPH. THE LAKE TSHIDA RECREATION AREA AND THE TOWN
OF GLEN ULLEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
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
SlO 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.
MANTHEWhat 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, Jul 24, 6:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
NDZ002-250100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 735 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 AT 730 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY MOVING OUT OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. A THUNDERSTORM IS IN SOUTHWEST DIVIDE COUNTY..30 MILES NNW OF WILLISTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CROSBY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL. .STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. THIS THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE ENE AT 30 MPH. ALLARD
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
NDZ001>018-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 815 PM MDT THU JUL 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THE WATCH WAS 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA...HETTINGER...BISMARCK...MANDAN...CARRINGTON...HARVEY... ...RUGBY...DEVILS LAKE...BOTTINEAU...LANGDON...AND PEMBINA. THE WATCH WAS ISSUED AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLIER THIS EVENING. BY 8 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...SOUTHWESTWARD TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF DICKINSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER EVENT KILLER IN NORTH DAKOTA. AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THIS EVENING...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR VERY HEAVY RAIN...YOU CAN REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING YOU NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION. KAS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NDZ001>018-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 935 PM MDT THU JUL 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THE WATCH WAS 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA...HETTINGER...BISMARCK...MANDAN...CARRINGTON...HARVEY... ...RUGBY...DEVILS LAKE...BOTTINEAU...LANGDON...AND PEMBINA. THE WATCH WAS ISSUED AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLIER THIS EVENING. BY 8 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM NORTHCENTRAL TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 930 PM CDT...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE...SOUTHWEST TO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS HAD BECOME SEVERE. ONE IN EASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN MORTON COUNTY. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN EASTERN MERCER COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY. BOTH STORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. AT 9 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAZEN. TURTLE LAKE REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL FROM THE SAME STORM. EVERYONE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT FOR FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. KAS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NDZ001>018-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 910 PM MDT THU JUL 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 10 PM MDT... AT 910 PM MDT...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF LEMMON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTH DAKOTA BY 10 PM MDT. ON THEIR CURRENT PATH...THE STORMS WOULD MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE VERY INTENSE AND WILL BE WATCHED VERY CAREFULLY. EVERY ONE IN THAT AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THEY MAY BECOMLE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT. KAS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:26 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
NDZ001>018-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1125 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THE WATCH OVERED AN AREA 70 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA...HETTINGER...BISMARCK...MANDAN...CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY... DEVILS LAKE...BOTTINEAU...LANGDON...AND PEMBINA. AT 1125 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN CE.NTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KAS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:32 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
NDZ001>018-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1125 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THE WATCH COVERED AN AREA 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA... HETTINGER...BISMARCK...MANDAN...CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY... DEVILS LAKE...BOTTINEAU...LANGDON...AND PEMBINA. AT 1125 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. EVERYONE IN6 CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 10:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 2:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Eddy | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 2:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 24 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.