Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 9:48 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 21, 2016, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County McKenzie County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Watford City, ND | PICTURE RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. NO DAMAGE REPORTED |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Watford City, ND | PICTURE RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| Jun 21, 10:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ese Rawson, ND | |
| Jun 21, 10:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 W Arnegard, ND | |
| Jun 21, 10:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Watford City, ND | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT APPROXIMATELY 1008 PM CDT. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS FALLING AT 1012 PM CDT. |
| Jun 21, 10:12 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Watford City, ND | FUNNEL CLOUD NOW OVER WATFORD CITY. |
| Jun 21, 10:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Watford City, ND | |
| Jun 21, 10:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Watford City, ND | |
| Jun 21, 10:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Watford City, ND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 495 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210
WFUS53 KBIS 220248
TORBIS
NDC053-220315-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0011.160622T0248Z-160622T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
948 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 947 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDER...OR
12 MILES WEST OF WATFORD CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WATFORD CITY AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RAWSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4799 10368 4800 10303 4767 10309 4767 10310
4761 10310 4776 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 276DEG 37KT 4783 10354
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
017
WWUS53 KBIS 220256
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
956 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016
NDC053-220315-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160622T0315Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
956 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MCKENZIE COUNTY...
AT 956 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ARNEGARD...OR 5 MILES WEST OF WATFORD CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATFORD CITY AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RAWSON.
LAT...LON 4798 10364 4800 10303 4767 10309 4767 10310
4761 10310 4774 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 276DEG 36KT 4782 10341
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
AYD903
WWUS53 KBIS 220302
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1002 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016
NDC053-220315-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160622T0315Z/
MCKENZIE ND-
1002 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MCKENZIE COUNTY...
AT 1001 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNEGARD...OR NEAR WATFORD CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 BE NEAR...
WATFORD CITY AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE ARNEGARD AREA WITH
THIS STORM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RAWSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4800 10303 4767 10309 4767 10310 4761 10310
4772 10355 4798 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 277DEG 34KT 4781 10338
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
AYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Slope, Stark | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Ward | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 48 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.