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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 26, 1995Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 6:56 PM CDT for Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Williams County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KISN 262356 RRA
SVRISN
NDC105-270100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
656 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      SOUTHERN WILLIAMS...THE CITY OF WILLISTON

AT 655 PM CDT WILLISTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

 KENNEDY ISSUER

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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.