Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 7:57 PM CDT for Burke County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 5, 1998, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Bowbells, ND | Numerous reports were received of this tornado, the first report coming from Minot Airforce Base personnel. Numerous brief touchdowns were reported along its path but no damage was reported. |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WUUS1 KBIS 060058 RRA SVRBIS NDC013-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 757 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWBELLS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWBELLS AT 825 PM CDT COTEAU AT 830 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS THE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Williams | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail, Ward | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 63 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.