Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Aug 29, 1997, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1997, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Logan County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.

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.

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TTAA00 KBIS 292030 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC047-292115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
331 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF BURNSTAD OR 55 SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THE STORM IS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. TOWNS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BURNSTAD...FREDONIA AND GACKLE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
HINTZ/MANTHE

In the hours before

NDZ034-035-291830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
1225 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 1997

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE BISMARCK/MANDAN AREA...

AT 1215 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
BISMARCK NEAR THE TOWN OF REGAN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE
LINE IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

EARLIER THE MANDAN AIRPORT REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...REGAN AND BALDWIN CAN
EXPECTED THE LINE TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS BY 130 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING
OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.

HINTZ

NDZ034-035-291830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
1225 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 1997

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE BISMARCK/MANDAN AREA...

AT 1215 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
BISMARCK NEAR THE TOWN OF REGAN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE
LINE IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

EARLIER THE MANDAN AIRPORT REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...REGAN AND BALDWIN CAN
EXPECTED THE LINE TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREAS BY 130 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME& PONDING
OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.

HINTZ

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.