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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 2, 1997Foster County, North Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 6:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Carrington, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.