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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 4, 1996McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1996, 6:55 PM CDT for McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 1996, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Sep 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Williston, ND
Sep 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Hail 1	Williston, ND
Sep 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Hail 4.5	Keene, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

NDZ004-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
415 PM CDT WED SEP 4 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOTTINEAU COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

AT 410 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR BOTTINEAU COUNTY HAS SINCE WEAKENED AND IS
MOVING INTO CANADA. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
BOTTINEAU AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HINTZ

Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  WILLISTON ND
418 PM CDT WED SEP 04 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

115 PM     E. DIVIDE AND W. BURKE   ND    PEA TO 3/4 INCH HAIL.
130 PM     E. DIVIDE                      POSSIBLE SMALL TORNADO 3 MILES
                                          WEST AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF
                                          NOONAN...ND.
145 PM     W. BURKE                       PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

WIGHTMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	48 min
Sep 4, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	30 min
Sep 4, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	63 min
Sep 4, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	62 min
Sep 4, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke	27 min
Sep 4, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville	42 min
Sep 4, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.