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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 14, 1998McLean County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1998, 4:04 AM CDT for McLean County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 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 14, 1998, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1998, 5:05 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLean County, ND, Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1998-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 140 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 1998-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

361 
WUUS1 KBIS 140903 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC055-065-141005-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 505 AM CDT

* AT 358 AM CDT (258 MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GARRISON SOUTHWEST TO
  SOUTH CENTRAL OLIVER COUNTY...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTER AT 405 AM CDT
  UNDERWOOD AT 405 AM CDT
  WASHBURN AT 415 AM CDT
  TURTLE LAKE AT 420 AM CDT

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

TSW/WA

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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NDZ032-140740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
225 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN BILLINGS COUNTY HAVE MOVED EASTWARD.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

FRANSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NDZ032-140740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
225 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN BILLINGS COUNTY HAVE MOVED EASTWARD.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

FRANSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:55 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
355 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...A PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 5 AM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT...RENVILLE
WARD...MCLEAN...MORTON...MERCER...OLIVER AND GRANT. CITIES REMAINING IN
THE WATCH INCLUDE MINOT...BEULAH...CENTER AND ELGI0N.

THE COUNTIES IN FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:55 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
355 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...A PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 5 AM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT...RENVILLE
WARD...MCLEAN...MORTON...MERCER...OLIVER AND GRANT. CITIES REMAINING IN
THE WATCH INCLUDE MINOT...BEULAH...CENTER AND ELGI0N.

THE COUNTIES IN FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:00 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
NDZ020-034-140415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
400 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH WESTERND OLIVER AND
WESTERN MORTON COUNTY HAS MOVED EASTWARD. THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

FRANSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:00 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
NDZ020-034-140415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
400 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH WESTERND OLIVER AND
WESTERN MORTON COUNTY HAS MOVED EASTWARD. THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

FRANSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley47 min
Jul 14, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie60 min
Jul 14, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings60 min
Jul 14, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope62 min
Jul 14, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Oliver47 min
Jul 14, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger47 min
Jul 14, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.