Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1992, 3:36 AM CDT for Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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 25, 1992, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1992, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Eddy, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
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, Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 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, 11:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 11:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 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
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 24 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.