Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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, 0.0 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
- 837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIS 190003 TORBIS NDC093-190030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 PM CDT THU AUG 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY AT 700 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING INCLUDES JAMESTOWN... 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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 18, 3:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NDZ003>006-011>015-019>025-034>037-042-045>047-050-182110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 309 PM CDT (209 PM MDT) THU AUG 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... AT 310 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK THROUGH EASTERN MORTON...EASTERN GRANT AND SIOUX COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE. VAN ESS
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
NDZ015-019>025-034>037-042-045>047-050-182210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 410 PM CDT (310 PM MDT) THU AUG 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 410 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST SIOUX COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA...30 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NDZ019>025-028>030-034>039-042-045>053-MNZ002-003-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 445 PM CDT (345 PM MDT) THU AUG 18 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTH DAKOTA... AT 445 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS C0NTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL EMMON COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS BETWEEN LINTON AND HAZELTON AROUND 5 PM CDT. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN 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. RR
Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:54 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
655 PM CDT THU AUG 18 1994
TIME COUNTY EVENT
540 PM CDT FOSTER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARRINGTON REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT.
551 PM CDT FOSTER 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER IN
CARRINGTON.
600 PM CDT FOSTER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN CARRINGTON BREAKING
CAR WINDOWS AND DAMAGING HOMES REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPT.
616 PM CDT FOSTER TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARRINGTON NEAR
BORDULAC REPORTED BY SOUIX LINE TRAIN CREW.
NOAHLocal storm report, Aug 18, 6:55 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
655 PM CDT THU AUG 18 1994
TIME COUNTY EVENT
540 PM CDT FOSTER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARRINGTON REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT.
551 PM CDT FOSTER 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER IN
CARRINGTON.
600 PM CDT FOSTER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN CARRINGTON BREAKING
CAR WINDOWS AND DAMAGING HOMES REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPT.
616 PM CDT FOSTER TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARRINGTON NEAR
BORDULAC REPORTED BY SOUIX LINE TRAIN CREW.
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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.