Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1994, 10:52 PM CDT for McHenry County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1994, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County McHenry County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 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 270353 TORBIS NDC049-270430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1052 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY AT 1045 PM A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES EAST OF VELVA. THE PARENT STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS FUNNEL CLOUD INCLUDE VOLTAIRE...BERGEN...BALFOUR AND DRAKE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Aug 26, 8:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NDZ002-270210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 807 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING DOWN FROM SASKATCHEWAN... AT 8 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTAL. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING BETWEEN PORTAL AND NORTHGATE...IN EXTREME NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDEDRSTORM. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
NDZ002-270210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 807 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING DOWN FROM SASKATCHEWAN... AT 8 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTAL. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING BETWEEN PORTAL AND NORTHGATE...IN EXTREME NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RA*INFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDEDRSTORM. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NDZ003-011-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 825 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY BY 9 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR ITS PATH INCLUDE SHERWOOD. GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NDZ003-011-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 825 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY BY 9 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR ITS PATH INCLUDE SHERWOOD. H GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LEBLANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman, Wells | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Eddy | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ramsey | 52 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.