Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT for Stutsman County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, Aug 26, 8:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
NDZ002-270210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 807 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING DOWN FROM SASKATCHEWAN... AT 8 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTAL. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING BETWEEN PORTAL AND NORTHGATE...IN EXTREME NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDEDRSTORM. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
NDZ002-270210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 807 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING DOWN FROM SASKATCHEWAN... AT 8 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTAL. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING BETWEEN PORTAL AND NORTHGATE...IN EXTREME NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RA*INFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDEDRSTORM. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
NDZ003-011-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 825 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY BY 9 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR ITS PATH INCLUDE SHERWOOD. GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
NDZ003-011-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 825 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY BY 9 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR ITS PATH INCLUDE SHERWOOD. H GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Eddy | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ramsey | 52 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.