Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2010, 12:42 AM CDT for Emmons County, Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2010, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2010, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emmons County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:04 AM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | Cannon Ball, ND | |
| Jul 14, 1:06 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Cannon Ball, ND | BROKE OUT WINDOWS IN HOUSE. |
| Jul 14, 1:15 AM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Linton, ND | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jul 14, 1:18 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Prairie Knights Resort, ND | ALSO 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626
WFUS53 KBIS 140542
TORBIS
NDC029-059-085-140630-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0049.100714T0542Z-100714T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1242 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNON BALL...OR 34 MILES
SOUTH OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANNON BALL...HAZELTON...LINTON AND TEMVIK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4622 10078 4647 10081 4651 9992 4629 9992
4628 9988 4611 9987 4611 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 263DEG 39KT 4632 10065
$$
SCHECK1 follow-up statement
921
WWUS53 KBIS 140609
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
109 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010
NDC059-085-140617-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-100714T0630Z/
MORTON ND-SIOUX ND-
109 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN MORTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4618 10045 4647 10060 4648 10057 4651 9992
4629 9992 4628 9988 4611 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 274DEG 41KT 4628 10024
$$
NDC029-140630-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-100714T0630Z/
EMMONS ND-
109 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY
UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINTON...OR 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
SOFTBALL SIZE IN CANNON BALL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EMMONS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT
701-223-4582.
&&
LAT...LON 4618 10045 4647 10060 4648 10057 4651 9992
4629 9992 4628 9988 4611 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 274DEG 41KT 4628 10024
$$
SCHECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Stark | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 11:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Slope | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 16 min |
| Jul 14, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Slope and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 2:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 2:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sioux | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.