Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2011, 2:27 PM CDT for Emmons County, Logan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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 10, 2011, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emmons County, ND, Logan County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 10, 2:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 E Braddock, ND | |
| Jul 10, 2:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Napoleon, ND | EMPTY GRAIN BINS DAMAGED. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH. |
| Jul 10, 2:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Napoleon, ND | 18 THOUSAND BUSHEL GRAIN BIN MOVED 250 YDS. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WITH DOWNED TREES POINTING IN RANDOM DIRECTIONS. TREES 60 YEARS OLD...100 FT TALL. |
| Jul 10, 2:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Ssw Napoleon, ND | POSSIBLE TORNADO. 1800 FEET OF SHELTER BELT MISSING. GRAIN BIN DESTROYED AND THROWN INTO TREE IN FRONT YARD. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED. |
| Jul 10, 2:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Burnstad, ND | GRAIN BIN WITH ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF 17 TO 20 THOUSAND POUNDS...10 TONS...WAS LIFTED AND ROLLED NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION TO ANOTHER FARMSTAD. |
| Jul 10, 2:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | Burnstad, ND | TREES UPROOTED...SOME AS LARGE AS 4 FEET IN DIAMETER AND GREATER THAN 100 FEET TALL. |
| Jul 10, 2:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 Se Burnstad, ND |
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 10, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WFUS53 KBIS 101927 TORBIS NDC029-047-102000- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0036.110710T1927Z-110710T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 227 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADDOCK...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINTYRE...NAPOLEON AND BURNSTAD. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 4660 9955 4633 9960 4645 10027 4662 10022 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 282DEG 33KT 4652 10011 $$ HEINERT
1 follow-up statement
590
WWUS53 KBIS 101941
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
NDC029-047-102000-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110710T2000Z/
EMMONS ND-LOGAN ND-
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LOGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPOLEON...OR 50 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAPOLEON AND BURNSTAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4653 9957 4633 9960 4641 9999 4647 10021
4658 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 288DEG 37KT 4642 9983
$$
HEINERT/AYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Grant, Morton | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 15 min |
| Jul 10, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Oliver | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, McIntosh | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 24 hr |
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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.