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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 6, 1998Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 6, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Burleigh County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

668 
WUUS1 KBIS 070147 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC015-070215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOFFIT AT 900 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LM

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, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 54 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	35 min
Jul 6, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan	44 min
Jul 6, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	33 min
Jul 6, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	46 min
Jul 6, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	51 min
Jul 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	62 min
Jul 6, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1998 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.