Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. 9 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
- May 26, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County McKenzie County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.25 | Arnegard, ND | MCKENZIE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL BETWEEN GOLF BALL AND BASEBALL SIZE UNTIL 720 PM CDT. |
| May 26, 7:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Nw Watford City, ND | |
| May 26, 7:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Nw Alexander, ND | |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Alexander, ND | |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Watford City, ND | TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 85 AT 740 PM CDT. MOVING SOUTHEAST. |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Watford City, ND | |
| May 26, 7:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Watford City, ND | *** 9 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WATFORD CITY FROM 746 PM CDT TO 756 PM CDT MONDAY MAY 26 2014. PATH LENGTH 0.5 MILES PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 120 MPH. MORE DETAILS WERE SENT IN A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT. |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Watford City, ND | TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 85 AT 748 PM CDT. MOVING SOUTHEAST. |
| May 26, 7:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Watford City, ND | OIL FIELD MAN CAMP 5 MILES SOUTH OF WATFORD CITY STRUCK BY TORNADO. NEAR MILE POST 136 ON U.S. HIGHWAY 85. ESTIMATED 15 TRAILERS SEVERELY DAMAGED. NO WORD ON INJURIES OR DEATHS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598
WUUS53 KBIS 262359
SVRBIS
NDC053-270100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.SV.W.0013.140526T2359Z-140527T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/
* AT 653 PM CDT...THERE WERE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE FIRST WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATFORD CITY
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SECOND WAS ALONG THE MISSOURI
RIVER 5 MILES NORTH OF CARTWRIGHT. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATFORD CITY...ALEXANDER...ARNEGARD AND...JOHNSONS CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4799 10396 4795 10391 4801 10386 4800 10383
4798 10382 4805 10380 4804 10375 4807 10371
4806 10358 4801 10351 4804 10330 4801 10276
4767 10278 4767 10309 4761 10310 4760 10316
4793 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 291DEG 16KT 4786 10347
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HEINERT/MARTIN2 follow-up statements
193
WWUS53 KBIS 270017
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
717 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
NDC053-270100-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140527T0100Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
717 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...
AT 711 PM CDT...THERE WERE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE FIRST WAS OVER WATFORD CITY AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SECOND WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDER
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATFORD CITY AND ALEXANDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATHS...GET INSIDE
NOW.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4798 10396 4795 10391 4801 10386 4798 10382
4800 10380 4805 10380 4804 10375 4807 10371
4806 10358 4801 10351 4785 10288 4767 10278
4767 10309 4761 10310 4760 10316 4793 10398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 291DEG 16KT 4783 10335
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HEINERT/MARTIN475
WWUS53 KBIS 270042
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
742 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
NDC053-270100-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140527T0100Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
742 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...
AT 740 PM CDT...THERE WERE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN MCKENZIE
COUNTY. THE FIRST WAS OVER WATFORD CITY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH. THE SECOND WAS OVER ALEXANDER AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THEY WERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDER...ARENGARD...AND WATFORD CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND ROTATION IN THE CLOUD. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE
SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR
BASEMENT.
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS EXPECTED WITH
THE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO THE WATER.
&&
LAT...LON 4798 10396 4795 10391 4801 10386 4798 10382
4800 10380 4805 10380 4804 10375 4807 10371
4806 10358 4801 10351 4785 10288 4767 10278
4767 10309 4761 10310 4760 10316 4793 10398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 292DEG 14KT 4778 10328
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HEINERT/MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide | 18 min |
| May 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 66 min |
| May 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 61 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 60 min |
| May 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 61 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.