Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 21, 1992, 4:17 PM CDT for Emmons County, Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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
- May 21, 1992, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Emmons, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 KBIS 212122 COR
TORBIS
NDC043-029-212145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING ...CORRECTED TO ADD TOWNS IN PATH OF STORM...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
417 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN KIDDER...
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN EMMONS...
AT 412 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF BRADDOCK OR
40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STEELE AND DAWSON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO THE BASEMENT OF A HOUSE
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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, May 21, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NDZ005>014-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 245 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 240 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE BAND WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK THROUGH BISMARCK TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER. THREE STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED ON THE RADAR SCREEN. THE FIRST WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF HURDSFIELD OR 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THE SECOND WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...AND THE THIRD WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF SHIELDS OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THIS 3 STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THEY COULD ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE AIR IS BECOMING UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME QUITE VIGOROUS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. LM
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:45 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
NDZ005>014-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 340 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 330 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE SOUTH THROUGH HURDSFIELD TO STEELE THEN SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF BISMARCK TO NEAR SELFRIDGE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TOWNER COUNTY NEAR CANDO ...IN WELLS COUNTY NEAR HURDSFIELD-FESSENDEN AREA...IN KIDDER COUNTY NEAR STEELE AND TUTTLE AND IN SIOUX COUNTY NEAR SELFRIDGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. DES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 37 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 40 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.