Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1991, 8:02 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1991, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stutsman County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 140102
TORBIS
NDC093-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
802 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEAST STUTSMAN
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY POLICE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
UNDERPASSES.
RSLWhat 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 13, 2:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
NDZ007-011-013-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 205 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 2 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK NEAR STERLING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ABRE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NDZ006>011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 515 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH CLEARED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE TORNADO WATCH IS1 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... EMMONS...BURLEIGH...KIDDER AND WELLS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA. FORS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NDZ006>011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 545 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 535 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BISMARCK SHOWED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE BISMARCK AREA. THE STORMS EXTEND FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LINTON...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK AND NORTH OF WING...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO KIDDER AND LOGAN COUNTLIES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. FORS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NDZ006>014-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 625 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 620 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...NEAR LINTON TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK NEAR GOODRICH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWNS OF KINTYRE... WING...TUTTLE...AND HURDSFIELD BETWEEN 630 AND 715 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST WEST OF THxE WATCH AREA...THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN THEIR PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour before
NDZ006>014-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 705 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STRENGTHENING OVER EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 700 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NEW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...NEAR ASHLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE JAMESTOWN...GACKLE...LEHR CLEVELAND...AND STREETER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME RAPIDLY SEVERE SO PERSONS IN THEIR PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.