Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 7:22 PM CDT for McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLean County, ND, Sheridan County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 170022
SVRBIS
NDC083-055-170115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
SHERIDAN...EASTERN MCLEAN
AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50
MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK NEAR MCLUSKEY AND ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WILTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. AT 710 PM CDT
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MCLUSKEY.
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.
RSLWhat 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 59 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. < ROLETTO
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 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, 1 hour 33 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:54 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
NDZ001>013-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 650 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 640 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE LINE ITSELF WAS MAKING ONLY SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WHICH LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 40 MILES WEST/NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK AND 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS fARE HANNOVER IN OLIVER COUNTY AND RIVERDALE AND COLE HARBOR IN MCLEAN COUNTY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FORS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:11 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
NDZ001-170115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 711 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 7 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON IN DIVIDE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF FORTUNA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST 40 MINUTES AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...THE STORM WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. ALSO IF LOW LYING AREAS ARE WATER COVERED...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM. RICHMOND
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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.