Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 1:13 AM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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, 6.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIS 130615 SVRBIS NDC093-130700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 113 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STUTSMAN COUNTY AT 115 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE WARNING JAMESTOWN AND MONTPELIER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVYl 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.
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
Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1030 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM 3 MILES SOUTH OF FRYBURG ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
07/12/95 BILLINGS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
SCARLETTLocal storm report, Jul 12, 10:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1030 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM 3 MILES SOUTH OF FRYBURG ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
07/12/95 BILLINGS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
SCARLETTSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 11:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NDZ009>011-018>021-032>035-040>045-130445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1110 PM CDT (1010 PM MDT) WED JUL 12 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE COUNTIES INCLUDED... WILLIAMS...MCKENZIE...BILLINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...DUNN...STAAARK...HETTINGER...ADAMS..BOWMAN...MORTON...GRAND... SIOUX...OLIVER...MERCER...MCLEAN...WARD...MOUNTRAIL A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING... RR
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NDZ035-046-130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1156 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...BURLEIGH AND EMMON. RR
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NDZ035-046-130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1156 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...BURLEIGH AND EMMON. RR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 39 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.