Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1994, 8:16 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1994, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1994, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 150216 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC089-150300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
816 PM MDT WED SEP 14 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN STARK
AT 810 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH LESS THAN 5 MPH.
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.
THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AND UNDERPASSES.
LMWhat 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, Sep 14, 6:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NDZ001>053-MNZ001>003-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 720 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 715 PM CDT...TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN THE RANGE OF BISMARCK WEATHER RADAR. THE FIRST WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF DICKINSON AND IT WAS MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. THE SECOND WAS 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR THE SO1UTH DAKOTA BORDER. IT WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. BOTH OF THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. LM
Local storm report, Sep 14, 7:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
805 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994
TIME EVENT LOCATION
543 PM CDT 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF GRASSY BUTTE ND
AND "TORRENTIAL RAIN" SOUTHEAST MCKENZIE COUNTY
800 PM CDT A FEW GOLF BALL SIZE BUFORD ND...SW WILLIAMS COUNTY
HAIL STONES...MOSTLY (REPORTED BY FORT BUFORD
JELLY BEAN SIZE STATE HISTORIC SITE CARETAKER)
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Sep 14, 7:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
805 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994
TIME EVENT LOCATION
543 PM CDT 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF GRASSY BUTTE ND
AND "TORRENTIAL RAIN" SOUTHEAST MCKENZIE COUNTY
800 PM CDT A FEW GOLF BALL SIZE BUFORD ND...SW WILLIAMS COUNTY
HAIL STONES...MOSTLY (REPORTED BY FORT BUFORD
JELLY BEAN SIZE STATE HISTORIC SITE CARTAKER)
JP MARTINLocal storm report, Sep 14, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
805 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994
TIME EVENT LOCATION
543 PM CDT 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF GRASSY BUTTE ND
AND "TORRENTIAL RAIN" SOUTHEAST MCKENZIE COUNTY
800 PM CDT A FEW GOLF BALL SIZE BUFORD ND...SW WILLIAMS COUNTY
HAIL STONES...MOSTLY (REPORTED BY FORT BUFORD
JELLY BEAN SIZE STATE HISTORIC SITE CARETAKER)
JP MARTINSpecial weather statement, Sep 14, 7:35 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
NDZ001>053-MNZ001>003-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 835 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...BISMARCK WEATHER RADAR SHOWED 2 THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ONE WAS 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK OR 2 MILES NORTH OF CARSON. THE OTHER WAS 40 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK OR 4 MILES NORTH OF SHIELDS. THE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. FARTHER WEST...ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON ALONG THE DUNN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM REPORTEDLY DROPPED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND CAUSED SOME WIND DAMAGE IN DICKINSON EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. < PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. LM
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:38 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
NDZ001>053-MNZ001>003-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 835 PM CDT WED SEP 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...BISMARCK WEATHER RADAR SHOWED 2 THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ONE WAS 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK OR 2 MILES NORTH OF CARSON. THE OTHER WAS 40 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK OR 4 MILES NORTH OF SHIELDS. THE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. FARTHER WEST...ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON ALONG THE DUNN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM REPORTEDLY DROPPED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND CAUSED SOME WIND DAMAGE IN DICKINSON EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH 15 MPH. < PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. LM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 20 min |
| Sep 14, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 63 min |
| Sep 14, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 61 min |
| Sep 14, 9:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 21 min |
| Sep 14, 9:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 51 min |
| Sep 14, 10:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 11:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.