Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Bismarck, ND
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 44 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.