Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT for Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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
- 1925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIS 080418 RRA SVRBIS NDC103-080500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1115 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN WELLS COUNTY AT 1115 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARRINGTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYKESTON IN...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMRICK IN WELLS COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THIS PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOULR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 7, 10:30 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
NDZ037-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. LM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 10:32 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
NDZ037-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. LM
Local storm report, Jul 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1035 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 69 min |
| Jul 7, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.