Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1994, 6:18 PM MDT for Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hettinger County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIS 140018
TORBIS
NDC041-140045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
618 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHEAST HETTINGER
AT 615 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE POSSIBLE
TORNADO FORMATION OCCURING 8 MILES SOUTH OF LEFOR OR 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CEnNTRAL 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.
LEBLANGWhat 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, 4:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NDZ017>021-031>043-040>045-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 455 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 450 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF AMIDON...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF BOWMAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. PERSO>NS IN NORTHEAST SLOPE AND SOUTHERN STARK COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-018-031-032-140005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 605 PM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 6 PM CDT...5 PM MDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...15 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY MONTANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN WESTERN MCKENZIE AND WILLIAMS COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RTAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER. SCARLETT
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NDZ017>021-031>043-040>045-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 510 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 505 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF BELFIELD. THE OTHER STORM WAS 28 MILES NORTH OF BOWMAN OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMIDON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DICKINSON AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM MDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN STARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE DICKINSON AREA` AND IN HETTINGER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ENGLAND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. LEBLANG
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:10 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-140110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 706 PM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 705 CDT...605 MDT...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...7 MILES EAST OF DUNN CENTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON...10 MILESX WEST OF KILLDEER. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER. SCARLETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 11:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 11:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 24 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.