Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 11:56 PM CDT for McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 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 22, 1997, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLean County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Turtle Lake, ND | strong thunderstorm winds destroyed 2 wind breaks at a farm. The winds also rolled a 1000 bushel grain bin across the road and moved a 5000 bushel grain bin off of its foundation. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WUUS1 KBIS 230457 RRA SVRBIS NDC055-230600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1156 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY AT 1155 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 65 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARRISON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF GARRISON...MAX AND DOUGLAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. VAN ESS
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, 8:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NDZ031-032-040-043-044-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 730 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AT 730 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM MONTANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BOWMAN COUNTY AFTER 745 PM MDT AND INTO GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY AFTER 830 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NDZ025-037-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 845 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 845 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN STUTSMAN AND SOUTHERN FOSTER COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN TO 35 NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MELVILLE... CARRINGTON...BORDULAC...GLENFIELD AND JUANITA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
NDZ025-037-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 845 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 845 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN STUTSMAN AND SOUTHERN FOSTER COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN TO 35 NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERBSTORMS INCLUDE MELVILLE... CARRINGTON...BORDULAC...GLENFIELD AND JUANITA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NDZ033-230445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1051 PM CDT (951 PM MDT) SUN JUN 22 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH STARK COUNTY... AT 950 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH STARK COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF DICKINSON WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. VAN ESS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:25 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1125 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 PM AMIDON ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 SLOPE
1002 PM AMIDON ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 SLOPE
1020 PM GOLVA ND 65 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 GOLDEN VALLEY
1038 PM 8 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 GOLDEN VALLEY STACKED 1500 POUND HAY
BALES BLOWN DOWN HILL
1055 PM FAIRFIELD ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 BILLINGS
1056 PM 2 SW MANNING ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 DUNN
NOAHLocal storm report, Jun 22, 11:26 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1125 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1002 PM AMIDON ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 SLOPE
1002 PM AMIDON ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 SLOPE
1020 PM GOLVA ND 65 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 GOLDEN VALLEY
1038 PM 8 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 GOLDEN VALLEY STACKED 1500 POUND HAY
BALES BLOWN DOWN HILL
1055 PM FAIRFIELD ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/22/97 ^BILLINGS
1056 PM 2 SW MANNING ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 DUNN
NOAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 69 min |
| Jun 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 69 min |
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 69 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.