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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 13, 1995McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 8:52 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McKenzie County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1539 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KISN 140155
SVRISN
NDC053-140300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
852 PM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY
      INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ALEXANDER
 
AT 855 PM CDT (755 PM MDT) A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WILLISTON...JUST SOUTH OF SIDNEY MONTANA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY BY 9
PM CDT.
 
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.
 
SCARLETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn56 min
Jul 13, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.