Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 5:05 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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 14, 1997, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 14, 5:25 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Dickinson, ND | |
| Jun 14, 5:35 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Dickinson, ND | Numerous reports of car windshields being cracked or broken out. Also reports of damage to the siding of houses. Damage amounts estimated. |
| Jun 14, 5:55 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Dickinson, ND | A seperate second storm developed to the west of Dickinson and brought more hail to the town. More houses were damaged as well as more cars. Damage amounts estimated. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 142305 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC089-142345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
505 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
STARK
TOWNS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE DICKINSON.
.
AT 500 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES WEST OF DICKINSON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 RAIN MAY FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LEBLANGWhat 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 14, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021-033-034-142230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 430 PM CDT MINOT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER...45 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON...SOUTH TO 35 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO DESTABLIZE WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OR ANY OTHERS THAT MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING TO BECOME SEVERE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021-033-034-142230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 430 PM CDT MINOT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER...45 MILES NORTH OF WILLISTON...SOUTH TO 35 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO DESTABLIZE WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS OR ANY OTHERS THA^T MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING TO BECOME SEVERE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:30 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>045-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 530 PM CDT MINOT AND BISMARCK DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ONE CLUSTER OF PARTICULARLY STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WILLIAMS...BURKE AND NORTHERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MINOT. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDED POWERS LAKE...BOWBELLS AND NORTHGATE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BILLINGS AND BOWMAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THESE OR ANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING TO BECOME SEVERE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:36 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>045-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 530 PM CDT MINOT AND BISMARCK DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ONE CLUSTER OF PARTICULARLY STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WILLIAMS...BURKE AND NORTHERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MINOT. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDED POWERS LAKE...BOWBELLS AND NORTHGATE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BILLINGS AND BOWMAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THESE OR ANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING TO BECOME SEVERE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER .INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.