Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2011, 7:41 PM MDT for Billings County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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, 7:41 PM MDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Billings County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 8:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | 14 Sse Belfield, ND | TORNADO REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. TORNADO LASTED 5 MINUTES. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
551 WFUS53 KBIS 230141 TORBIS NDC007-089-230215- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0076.110723T0141Z-110723T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 741 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... WESTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT * AT 737 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BELFIELD...OR 20 MILES WEST OF DICKINSON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTH HEART. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582. && LAT...LON 4694 10276 4666 10288 4673 10340 4695 10329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 278DEG 30KT 4684 10316 $$ SIMOSKO/SCHECK
The 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, 7:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 58 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.