Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1996, 5:53 PM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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
- Jun 11, 1996, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bowman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 224 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Bowman, ND | |
| Jun 11, 6:10 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Scranton, 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, Jun 11, 4:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NDZ003-004-011-012-018-019-021-031>033-040-041-043-044-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 505 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... AT 4 PM MDT (5 PM CDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES WEST OF MINOT TO ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER 35 MILES WEST OF BOWMAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN MONTANA IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE AIRMASS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND SOME COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ...REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN TO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... VAN ESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.