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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 13, 1995Stutsman County, North Dakota

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.

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 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

SCARLETT
Local 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

SCARLETT
Special 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.

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 WarningBISBurleigh61 min
Jul 12, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton39 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.