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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 26, 1998McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1998, 8:36 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 26, 1998, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1998, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McKenzie County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 8:48 PM CDTHail 0.75East Fairview, ND

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 00:00Z, 1.6 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams48 min
Aug 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie33 min
Aug 27, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean63 min
Aug 27, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.