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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 27, 1995Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 12:43 AM CDT for Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 1:25 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 273 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KISN 270544 RRA
SVRISN
NDC013-023-270645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1243 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY...EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WILLISTON OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NOONAN IN EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE T<ORNADOES
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 43 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

KENNEDY
Local storm report, Jul 26, 9:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 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

KENNEDY
Local storm report, Jul 26, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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 SERVICE
Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:00 AM CDT, 43 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

SCARLETT
Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:01 AM CDT, 42 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

SCARLETT
Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:04 AM CDT, 39 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

SCARLETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark63 min
Jul 26, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams60 min
Jul 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman48 min
Jul 26, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams60 min
Jul 27, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Mountrail66 min
Jul 27, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux62 min
Jul 27, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBenson59 min
Jul 27, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells39 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.