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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 27, 1995McLean County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1995, 5:14 AM CDT for McLean County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1995, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLean County, ND, Ward County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 5:25 AM CDTTornado 0Minot, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 385 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail59 min
Aug 27, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningBISMountrail43 min
Aug 27, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Ward50 min
Aug 27, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.