Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 20, 1999McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1999, 6:21 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 20, 1999, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1999, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McKenzie County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 20, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1Watford City, ND

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie44 min
Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.