Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KBIS 222330 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC015-230015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
630 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
EAST CENTRAL BURLEIGH
AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF DRISCOLL.
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.
RJRWhat 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 22, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NDZ001>018-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT OR 9 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE STORM DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING AND SOUTH DAKOTA THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. DUE TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OF THE AIR OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. AT 315 PM CDT BISMARCKS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN MORTON COUNTY...WEST OF MANDAN TO SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE IN CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN THE BEULAH AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ALL OF THE STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH AND ANY OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. KAS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NDZ002-003-222140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 345 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISON NEAR COLUMBUS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT. THE STRONGEST IN THE LINE WERE 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON JUST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND 45 MILES EAST OF WILLISTON JUST EAST OF WHITE EARTH. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA BORDER JUST WEST OF WILLISTON ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT P30 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NDZ001>018-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT OR 9 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 420 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MINOT SOUTHWARD TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MERCE<R COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NDZ002-003-222250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT. THE AREA EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE AREA WERE JUST SOUTH OF MINOT AND OVER THE TOWN OF GRANO...20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MINOT. A SECOND AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE MONTANA - NORTH DAKOTA BORDER JUST WEST OF WILLISTON. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
NDZ001-005-222350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 555 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM MINOT WEST. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE WILLISTON...DICKINSON...STANLEY AND WATFORD CITY. AT 545 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF MINOT AND ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS REMAINED OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. KENNEDY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
NDZ001-005-222350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 555 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM MINOT WEST. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE WILLISTON...DICKINSON...STANLEY AND WATFORD CITY. AT 545 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF MINOT AND ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS REMAINED OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. KENNEDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Eddy | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.