Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 12:09 AM CDT for Burke County, Mountrail County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burke County, ND, Mountrail County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 2335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KISN 270510 RRA SVRISN NDC013-061-270615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1209 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY...MOUNTRAIL COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OVER WILLIAMS AND NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY SINCE 11 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KENNEDY &
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 26, 9:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
900 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM WILLISTON ND HAIL
07/26/95 WILLIAMS 1/2 INCH HAIL AT
WILLISTON AIRPORT
0744 PM WILLISTON ND 50 MPH WIND GUST
07/27/95 WILLIAMS 20 E WILLISTON
KENNEDYLocal storm report, Jul 26, 9:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
900 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM WILLISTON ND HAIL
07/26/95 WILLIAMS 1/2 INCH HAIL AT
WILLISTON AIRPORT
0744 PM WILLISTON ND 50 MPH WIND GUST
07/27/95 WILLIAMS 20 E WILLISTON
KENNEDYLocal storm report, Jul 26, 11:10 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1110 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1107 PM WILLISTON ND 63 MPH WIND GUST
07/26/95 WILLIAMS REPORTED AT SLOULIN FIELD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICELocal storm report, Jul 27, 12:00 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE 1135 PM...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1200 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM WILLISTON ND 63 MPH WIND GUSTS
07/26/95 WILLIAMS TREES...POWER LINES DOWN.
ROOFING BLOWN OFF
BUILDINGS
1135 PM WATFORD CITY ND 66 MPH WIND GUST
07/26/95 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY CNTY SHERIFF
DEPT
SCARLETTLocal storm report, Jul 27, 12:01 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1200 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM WILLISTON ND 63 MPH WIND GUSTS
07/26/95 WILLIAMS TREES...POWER LINES DOWN.
ROOFING BLOWN OFF
BUILDINGS
1135 PM WATFORD CITY ND 66 MPH WIND GUST
07/27/95 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY CNTY SHERIFF
DEPT
SCARLETTLocal storm report, Jul 27, 12:04 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE 1135 PM...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1200 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM WILLISTON ND 63 MPH WIND GUSTS
07/26/95 WILLIAMS TREES...POWER LINES DOWN.
ROOFING BLOWN OFF
BUILDINGS
1135 PM WATFORD CITY ND 66 MPH WIND GUST
07/26/95 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY CNTY SHERIFF
DEPT
SCARLETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Benson | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 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.