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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 8, 1995Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 12:11 AM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Stutsman County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1925 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 080513 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC093-080615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1211 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN AND EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JAMESTOWN...BUCHANAN...EDMUNDS...
PINGREE AND COURTNEY.
 
THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN STREET FLOODING.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCjASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
LEBLANG

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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  WILLISTON ND
1035 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995

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           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

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1035 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
NDZ048-051-080455-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMOURE AND EASTERN DICKEY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED. RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADO HAS DISIPATED AND THE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED.

LM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
NDZ048-051-080455-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMOURE AND EASTERN DICKEY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED. RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADO HAS DISIPATED AND THE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED.

LM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide48 min
Jul 7, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams26 min
Jul 7, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman53 min
Jul 7, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams69 min
Jul 7, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey, LaMoure51 min
Jul 7, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells45 min
Jul 7, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman45 min
Jul 8, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure62 min
Jul 8, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster31 min
Jul 8, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh32 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.