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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 16, 1992Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Burleigh County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 16, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NDZ012>018-170200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THE STORMS
WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA RANGED
FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THIS AREA
TONIGHT MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ALSO
SOME STREET FLOODING.

MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON WATER COVERED ROADS.
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NDZ001>011-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKTOA...

AT 500 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER SOUTH OF ELGIN TO 25 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...NEAR NEW SALEM...
TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT...NEAR COLE HARBOR.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE THAT MAY PRODUCE HAIL ALONG
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE
LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK...NEAR ELGIN...AND 25 MILES WEST
OF BISMARCK...NEAR NEW SALEM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OFU SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

JOBE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:49 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
NDZ001>013-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA..

AT 540 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK TO 25 MILES SOUTH
OF MINOT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK AND 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INLUDE CARSON AND CENTER.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
AS THIS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LEBLANG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh28 min

Nearby

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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.