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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 11, 1995Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 11:03 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Burleigh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3653 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 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 120407 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC015-057-059-065-085-120500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1103 PM CDT (1003 PM MDT) TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (1100 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...WESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY...NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY
   ...EASTERN MORTON COUNTY...EASTERN OLIVER COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...SIOUX COUNTY
 
AT 11 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WESTERN MERCER
COUNTY...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON SOUTH TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER...80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR..
 
THESE STORM HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUST TO 80 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE WARNING...BISMARCK...MANDAN AND CENTER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
RR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Slope43 min
Jul 11, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Stark61 min
Jul 11, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Morton, Oliver69 min
Jul 11, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant69 min
Jul 11, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie56 min
Jul 11, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Morton, Oliver57 min
Jul 11, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux57 min
Jul 11, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean46 min
Jul 11, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder65 min
Jul 11, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan65 min
Jul 12, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells40 min
Jul 12, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh, Stutsman62 min
Jul 12, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.