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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 19994 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1999, 4:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1999, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1999, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 3, 4:34 PM CDTHail 1.25Ft Rice, ND
Jun 3, 5:29 PM CDTTornado F0Hazelton, NDno damage reported.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-163 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.

679 
WUUS1 KBIS 032135 RRA
SVRBIS
NDC015-029-059-085-032230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
433 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEAST BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEAST MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT(430 PM MDT)

* AT 430 PM CDT(330 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT RICE...OR
  ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAZELTON AT 500 PM CDT
  MOFFIT AT 515 PM CDT
  BRADDOCK AT 525 PM CDT

AT 433 PM CDT(330 PM MDT) SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED THREE QUARTER
INCH SIZE HAIL IN FORT RICE.

LAT...LON 4652 10078 4627 10063 4650 10005 4683 10010

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail63 min
Jun 3, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux38 min
Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBISGrant, Morton35 min
Jun 3, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide64 min
Jun 3, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMorton, Sioux33 min
Jun 3, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Morton, Oliver40 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Oliver38 min
Jun 3, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons31 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean52 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcLean35 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder28 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder34 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean56 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder, Stutsman31 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry, Pierce25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.