Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT for Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Divide County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KISN 110115 RRA
SVRISN
NDC023-110215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
815 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
DIVIDE
AT 810 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 43 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON...IN NORTHERN
DIVIDE COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AMBROSE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
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 RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
JP MARTINWhat 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, Jul 10, 4:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
NDZ010-102225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 420 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 415 CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 70 MILE EAST OF WILLISTON IN EASTERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY...10 MILES NORTH OF PLAZA... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THE STORM MOVES EASTWARD. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY...CAUSING ACCIDENTS THAT MAY INVOLVE CHAIN COLLISIONS AND CREATING MASSIVE PILEUPS. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NDZ003>006-011>015-019>025-033>037-040>047-050-102235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT (330 PM MDT) SUN JUL 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 425 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD MONITOR WEAfTHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NDZ003>006-011>015-019>025-033>037-040>047-050-110245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 528 PM CDT (428 PM MDT) SUN JUL 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH DAKOTA... AT 520 PM CDT (420 PM MDT) RADAR DETECTED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MINOT TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF WASHBURN OR 40 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER R(ADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. NOAH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NDZ003>006-011>015-019>025-033>037-040>047-050-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 630 PM CDT (530 PM MDT) SUN JUL 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL 45 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERCER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS THROUGH MERCER SHORTLY THEN ON TO MCCLUSKY BY 730 PM CDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BUT RAPID DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NOAH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:21 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
NDZ033-034-040>045-120120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 720 PM CDT (620 PM MDT) MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 720 PM CDT (620 PM MDT) THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE WERE STARTING TO INCREASE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF ZAP OR 57 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK NEAR MCCLUSKY AND ALSO IN THE BOWMAN AREA. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WERE EAST AT 30 MPH. AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEED SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATITON ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOAH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
NDZ031-032-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 735 PM CDT (635 PM MDT) SUN JUL 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 630 PM MDT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 70 MILES WEST OF DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WIBAUX COUNTY OF MONTANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE MOVE INTO GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA BY 645 PM MDT AND THEN INTO BILLINGS COUNTY. THE TOWN OF GOLVA IS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN GOLDEN VALLEY OR BILLINGS COUNTY...ALONG OR SOUTH OF I-94 ...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. JP MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 55 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.