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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 22, 1994McLean County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT for McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1994, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McLean County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 1994-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry58 min
May 22, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver60 min
May 22, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Sheridan55 min
May 22, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry25 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.