Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1986, 6:03 PM MDT for Dunn County, McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1986, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1986, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dunn County, ND, McKenzie County, ND
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KISN 280003 TORISN NDC025-053-280100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 603 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WESTERN DUNN AND EASTERN MCKENZIE AT 553 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNEGARD MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES ...SEEK SAFE SHELTER...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATLY. A BASEMENT IS YOUR BEST PROTECTION...OTHERWISE AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE GET INTO A DITCH...GULLY...RAVINE...OR EVEN A LOW LYING SPOT ON THE GROUND. PROTECT YOUR HEAD. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY ! THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. NEWKIRK 0001 Z
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 27, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 510 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 1986 ...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 500 4PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FORMED IN EASTERN MCKENZIE AND WESTERN DUNN COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF KEENE NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST OF KILLDEER NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEAL
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 510 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 1986 ...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 500 PM CDT 4PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FORMED IN EASTERN MCKENZIE AND WESTERN DUNN COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF KEENE NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST OF KILLDEER NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 19 min |
| Jun 27, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Sioux | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986
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.