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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 6, 1998McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT for McLean County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 6, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1998, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLean County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 7:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Mcclusky, NDDamage occurred to sunflower crop.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1998-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 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 1998-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

236 
WUUS1 KBIS 070026 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC055-083-070110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
724 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 810 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 60 NORTHEAST
  TO 40 NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MERCER AT 730 PM CDT
  MCLUSKY AT 740 PM CDT
  DENHOFF AT 745 PM CDT
  GOODRICH AT 755 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

WAA

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 6, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
551 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0432 PM    2 SW FOXHOLM              ND   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0420 PM    BERTHOLD                  ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0449 PM    15 E PARSHALL             ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   WARD                           STANLEY RADAR OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED TORNADO VIA ARB
                                          PILOT

0450 PM    RYDER                     ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   WARD                           TORNADO REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTERS

0520 PM    19 S MINOT                ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

LLP
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
551 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0432 PM    2 SW FOXHOLM              ND   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0420 PM    BERTHOLD                  ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0449 PM    15 E PARSHALL             ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   MOUNTRAIL                      STANLEY RADAR OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED TORNADO VIA ARB
                                          PILOT

0450 PM    RYDER                     ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   WARD                           TORNADO REPORTED BY
        z                                  SPOTTERS

0520 PM    19 S MINOT                ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

LLP
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
551 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0432 PM    2 SW FOXHOLM              ND   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0420 PM    BERTHOLD                  ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

0449 PM    15 E PARSHALL             ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   WARD                           STANLEY RADAR OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED TORNADO VIA ARB
                                          PILOT

0450 PM    RYDER                     ND   TORNADO
07/06/98   WARD                           TORNADO REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTERS

0520 PM    19 S MINOT                ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/98   WARD

LLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard35 min
Jul 6, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan44 min
Jul 6, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie33 min
Jul 6, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau51 min
Jul 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh30 min
Jul 6, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons62 min
Jul 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry47 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.