Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 61, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT for Kidder County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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 17, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kidder County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Crystal Springs, ND | OVER CRYTAL SPRINGS LAKE. RELATED TO NWS BY NORTH DAKOTA STATE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 4227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 37.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
270 WFUS53 KBIS 172031 TORBIS NDC043-093-172100- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0061.110717T2031Z-110717T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 331 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT. * AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HORSEHEAD LAKE...OR 45 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE WILLIAMS...PETTIBONE...CHASE LAKE AND WOODWORTH. 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 4732 9916 4692 9906 4695 9972 4711 9978 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 252DEG 15KT 4703 9963 $$ AYD
2 follow-up statements
239 WWUS53 KBIS 172045 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 345 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 NDC043-093-172100- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-110717T2100Z/ KIDDER ND-STUTSMAN ND- 345 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN AND EAST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHASE LAKE...OR 40 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PETTIBONE...CHASE LAKE AND WOODWORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4732 9916 4692 9906 4695 9972 4711 9978 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 269DEG 14KT 4703 9953 $$ AYD
124 WWUS53 KBIS 172053 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 353 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 NDC043-093-172100- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-110717T2100Z/ KIDDER ND-STUTSMAN ND- 353 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STUTSMAN AND EAST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHASE LAKE...OR 39 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AT 350 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER CRYSTAL SPRING LAKE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHASE LAKE AND WOODWORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4732 9916 4692 9906 4695 9972 4711 9978 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 269DEG 14KT 4703 9949 $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 1:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 18 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Ward | 9 days |
| Jul 17, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 16 min |
| Jul 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 30 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.