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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 12, 1995Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 10:29 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Burleigh County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 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 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 130331 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC015-059-037-130430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1029 PM CDT (929 PM MDT) WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT (1030 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...WESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY...EASTERN MORTON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...EASTERN GRANT COUNTY
 
AT 1030 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR IN CENTRAL
MORTON COUNTY...30 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE WARNING...MANDAN...BISMARCK.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope60 min
Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings59 min
Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger67 min
Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark67 min
Jul 12, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton60 min
Jul 12, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer65 min
Jul 12, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton39 min
Jul 13, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman47 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.