Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 1993, 2:44 PM CDT for Kidder County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kidder County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 231944
TORBIS
NDC043-093-103-232030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
244 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN KIDDER...WELLS...
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWEST STUTSMAN...
AT 240 PM CDT TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED. ONE WAS JUST WEST OF
WOODWORTH OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN. THE OTHER WAS
ON THE GROUND 20 MILES WEST OF CARRINGTON. THE TORNADOS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADlO...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.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, Jul 23, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NDZ001>018-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1250 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...WEAK FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF MINOT... AT 1245 PM FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MINOT. THESE WERE PROBABLY COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS...AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE WEAK FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY ARE FORMED BY THUNDERSHOWERS OR RAIN SHOWERS WHEN UNIQUE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ARE MET. THESE FUNNELS GENERALLY DO NOT REACH THE GROUND AND ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED. THEY HAVE...HOWEVER...ON RARE OCCASION TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE. BECASUE OF THIS POSSIBILITY...SEEK SHELTER IFl THESE WEAK FUNNELS ARE OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA. < RCM
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
NDZ001-003>005-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 215 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1993 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS 50 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM AND A SERIES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN AN ARC FROM PLENTYWOOD MONTANA TO CROSBY NORTH DAKOTA TO JUST SOUTH OF MINOT NORTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW..MOVING TO THE NNW AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN THE MINOT AREA A FEW COLD AIR FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED..THESE ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED AND RARELY TOUCH THE GROUND. HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TOUCHING THE GROUND THESE FUNNELS..AS WELL AS THE HAIL AND LIGHTNING..PERSONS IN THE PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF OBSERVED IN YOUR VICINITY. ALLARD
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:18 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
NDZ001>018-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 215 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...MORE FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTNINGS NEAR MINOT... AT 205 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED BY A PILOT JUST WEST OF BERTHOLD ...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MINOT ON HIGHWAY 2. MEANWHILE ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOHALL...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT. THESE...AND OTHER FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA...ARE PROBABLY COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS. THESE WEAK FUNNELS FORM IN COOL AND UNSTABLE AIR. COLD AIR FUNNELS RARELY TOUCH DOWN...AND ONLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS WHEN THEY DO. BECAUSE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK WITH THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS... PERSONS WHO DO SIGHT SUC@H SMALL ROTATING CLOUDS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY HOME IF A TOUCHDOWN LOOKS IMMINENT. RCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 57 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.