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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 22, 1997McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1997, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McKenzie County, ND

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 1997-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

936 
WUUS1 KISN 222232 RRA
SVRISN
NDC053-222330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
530 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...MCKENZIE COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST
WEST OF EAST FAIRVIEW. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH
AND WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE EAST
FAIRVIEW...AND CARTWRIGHT. THIS STORM HAD PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 3/4 INCH
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
CECIL
 
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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 22, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour before
NDZ036-037-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM CDT A EAST-WEST LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR TUTTLE EAST THROUGH PETTIBONE TO JAMESTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 435 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR JAMESTOWN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ROBINSON...LAKE WILLIAMS...PENGREE..
BUCHANAN...AND SPIRITWOOD BY 6 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:47 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
NDZ036-037-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM CDT A EAST-WEST LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR TUTTLE EAST THROUGH PETTIBONE TO JAMESTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 435 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR JAMESTOWN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ROBINSON...LAKE WILLIAMS...PENGREE..
BUCHzANAN...AND SPIRITWOOD BY 6 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

VAN ESS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.