Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1996, 9:08 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burleigh County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Bismarck, 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIS 120206 SVRBIS NDC015-120315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 908 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...BURLEIGH COUNTY AT 9 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTER...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...TO 10 MILES WEST OF MANDAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT NEW SALEM AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CITY OF BISMARCK BY 925 PM. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENFCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. VAN ESS &
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, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 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, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.