Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1999, 6:50 PM CDT for Mountrail County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 8, 1999, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mountrail County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stanley, ND | in open field crossing highway 2. no reported damage. |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 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 082351
TORBIS
NDC061-090030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
650 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STANLEY...OR ABOUT 49 MILES
WEST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PALERMO AT 700 PM CDT
BLAISDELL AT 705 PM CDT
COULEE AT 730 PM CDT
AT 645 PM CDT SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WEST OF
STANLEY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING...IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LRON 4826 10260 4814 10240 4838 10199 4854 10199
4854 10223
&The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Ward | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 53 min |
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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.