Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1997, 12:01 AM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 11, 1997, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1997, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 4434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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 110501 RRA SVRBIS NDC093-110545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1201 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...STUTSMAN COUNTY AT 1157 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DVELOPING OVER EXTREME EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY NEAR JAMESTOWN. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE JAMESTOWN..MEDINA AND WINDSOR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LEBLANG
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
Local storm report, Jul 10, 9:01 PM CDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
900 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0509 PM 9 E BEACH ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/10/97 GOLDEN VALLEY COVERING THE GROUND LIKE
A WINTER STORM
0538 PM MEDORA ND 2.00 INCH HAIL
07/10/97 BILLINGS
0730 PM 3 SW FAIRFIELD ND 58 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 BILLINGS DAMAGE TO CATTLE BARN AND
TREES
0838 PM 7 S BEULAH ND 65 MPH WIND GUST
07/1b0/97 MERCER
0845 PM 7 N MINOT ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/10/97 WARD AT MINOT AIRFORCE BASE
NOAHLocal storm report, Jul 10, 9:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
922 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM 5 NE HEBRON ND 58 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 MORTON TREE DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY
49
0902 PM 7 S BEULAH ND 85 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 MERCER ESTIMATED BY
PUBLIC...METAL STOP SIGN
BENT IN HALF
0910 PM 5 N MINOT ND TORNADO
07/10/97 WARD REPORT RECEIVED FROM
MINOT AIRFORCE
BASE...DEBRIS CLOUD SEEN.
NOAHLocal storm report, Jul 10, 10:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1010 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM ZAP ND 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/10/97 MERCER REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER
0930 PM GLENBURN ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 RENVILLE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND METAL
GRAIN BINS DOWN AT ELEVATOR
0935 PM 10 N MINOT ND 68 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 WARD AT AIR FORCE BASE...WIND
ESTIMATED...EQUIPMENT DAMAGE
0935 PM LANDSFORD ND 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 BOTTINEAU
NOAHLocal storm report, Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1010 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM ZAP ND 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/10/97 MERCER REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER
0930 PM GLENBURN ND 70 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 RENVILLE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND METAL
GRAIN BINS DOWN AT ELEVATOR
0935 PM 10 N MINOT ND 68 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 WARD AT AIR FORCE BASE...WIND
ESTIMATED...EQUIPMENT DAMAGE
0935 PM LANDSFORD ND 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/10/97 BOTTINEAU
NOAHSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NDZ001>007-009>015-017>025-031>037-040>048-050-051-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1035 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT... STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SO CITIES INCLUDING WILLISTON...DICKINSON AND HETTINGER ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. AT 1035 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BOTTINEAU TO WEST OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS OVER 70 MPH...2 INCH HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE LINE WILL APPROACH THE DEVILS LAKE AND JAMESTOWN AREA BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM CDT. NOAH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NDZ001>007-009>015-017>025-031>037-040>048-050-051-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1035 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT... STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SO CITIES INCLUDING WILLISTON...DICKINSON AND HETTINGER ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. AT 1035 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BOTTINEAU TO WEST OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS OVER 70 MPH...2 INCH HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A FEW TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE LINE WILL APPROACH THE DEVILS LAKE AND JAMESTOWN AREA BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM CDT. NOAH H
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail, Ward | 68 min |
| Jul 10, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Rolette | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.