Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 75, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2011, 7:18 PM MDT for Billings County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2011, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Billings County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 22, 7:35 PM MDT | TORNADO | Belfield, ND | TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED DEBRIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CITY...NO VISIBLE FUNNEL... |
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 22, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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
- 1986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209
WFUS53 KBIS 230118
TORBIS
NDC007-089-230145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0075.110723T0118Z-110723T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
718 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 714 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO FORMING
NEAR MEDORA...OR 31 MILES EAST OF WIBAUX. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRYBURG AND BELFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4709 10310 4691 10300 4679 10309 4682 10361
4698 10361 4698 10362 4700 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 271DEG 41KT 4691 10349
$$
SIMOSKO1 follow-up statement
926
WWUS53 KBIS 230127
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
827 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011
NDC007-089-230145-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110723T0145Z/
BILLINGS ND-STARK ND-
727 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STARK AND
SOUTHERN BILLINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 723 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO FORMING.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRYBURG...OR 28 MILES WEST OF
DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRYBURG AND BELFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4682 10352 4696 10354 4700 10346 4709 10310
4691 10300 4679 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 271DEG 41KT 4691 10332
$$
SIMOSKO/SCHECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 6:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Stark | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Stark | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 7:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 7:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Ward | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 8:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 8:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 9:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 9:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 10:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Sioux | 13 min |
| Jul 22, 10:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, Morton, Sheridan, Stutsman and 1 more | 68 min |
| Jul 22, 10:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver, Sheridan, Wells | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Logan, Morton, Sioux | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 10:55 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 11:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 11:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 11:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 12:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 12:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 12:28 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:55 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 1:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:04 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 8 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.