Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1999, 7:46 PM CDT for Logan County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 min. 5 reports 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
- Aug 15, 1999, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Streeter, ND | A supercell thunderstorm developed over Emmons county in south central North Dakota and moved northeast producing an F1 tornado in open county 12 miles northeast of Napoleon in Logan county. The tornado continued northeast increasing to an F2 tornado 3 miles s |
| Aug 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Medina, ND | |
| Aug 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Jamestown, ND | |
| Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Montpelier, ND | |
| Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Montpelier, ND | Window's broken at post office. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 310 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW WATCH. THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT...AND INCLUDES THE WHOLE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE AS FAR EAST AS BOTTINEAU...MCHENRY...SHERIDAN...BURLEIGH...AND EMMONS COUNTIES. COUNTIES EAST OF THIS LINE ARE NO LONGER IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING. JV NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 45 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.