Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:09 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- Jun 16, 2014, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:11 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | 1 Se South Heart, ND | REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. HAIL SIZE ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO. |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Se South Heart, ND | MOSTLY QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH SOME BASEBALL SIZED HAIL |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789
WFUS53 KBIS 170109
TORBIS
NDC089-170145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0016.140617T0109Z-140617T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
709 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 706 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
STARK COUNTY BETWEEN SOUTH HEART AND THE DICKINSON AIRPORT.
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 4693 10284 4675 10282 4678 10309 4691 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 263DEG 12KT 4683 10297
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
068
WWUS53 KBIS 170118
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
818 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
NDC089-170145-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/
STARK ND-
718 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM MDT...
AT 715 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL STARK
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4688 10303 4690 10284 4675 10282 4677 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 274DEG 10KT 4680 10294
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AYD159 WWUS53 KBIS 170144 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 844 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 NDC089-170154- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/ STARK ND- 744 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA DUE TO LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 4688 10303 4690 10284 4675 10282 4677 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 274DEG 10KT 4679 10283 $$ SCHECK/MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 8:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stark | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stark | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 10:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 10:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 11:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 12:26 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 10 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.