Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 5:55 PM CDT for Foster County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 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 2, 1997, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Foster County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Carrington, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIS 022256 RRA SVRBIS NDC031-030000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 555 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...WESTERN FOSTER COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARRINGTON...OR 41 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AND 3/4 INCH HAIL IN CARRINGTON. THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME STREET FLOODING IN CARRINGTON. 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 EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ABEZLING
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 2, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NDZ037>039-048-049-051>053-MNZ003-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 405 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BUT SHOULD ONLY CAUSE LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM FLOODING. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED ROAD...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS. DH/TSW
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NDZ037>039-048-049-051>053-MNZ003-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 405 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BUT SHOULD ONLY CAUSE LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM FLOODING. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED ROAD...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS. DH/TSW
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
NDZ025-022355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 550 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN FOSTER COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS JUST DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST FOSTER COUNTY...41 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE NEAR CARRINGTON BY 600 TO 615 PM CDT. EXPECT HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES. ABELING
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:51 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NDZ025-022355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 550 PM CDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN FOSTER COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS JUST DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST FOSTER COUNTY...41 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE NEAR CARRINGTON BY 600 TO 615 PM CDT. EXPECT HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH...HEAVY RAIN AND: GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES. ABELING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 51 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.