Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2016, 10:05 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2016, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County McIntosh County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
621
WFUS53 KBIS 040305
TORBIS
NDC051-040330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0024.160804T0305Z-160804T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1005 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 1005 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VENTURIA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF ASHLEY...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
ASHLEY AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4609 9959 4602 9900 4594 9904 4594 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 289DEG 29KT 4599 9953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HAMILTON3 follow-up statements
263
WWUS53 KBIS 040313
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1013 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
NDC051-040330-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160804T0330Z/
MCINTOSH ND-
1013 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY...
AT 1012 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER VENTURIA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLEY...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ASHLEY AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4608 9955 4603 9910 4594 9918 4595 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 289DEG 24KT 4598 9949
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HAMILTON246
WWUS53 KBIS 040321
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1021 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
NDC051-040330-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160804T0330Z/
MCINTOSH ND-
1021 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY...
AT 1021 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4604 9947 4598 9914 4594 9918 4595 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 289DEG 29KT 4596 9939
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HAMILTON893
WWUS53 KBIS 040330
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1030 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
NDC051-040338-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160804T0330Z/
MCINTOSH ND-
1030 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1030 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.
HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4604 9947 4598 9914 4594 9918 4595 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 289DEG 29KT 4596 9939
$$
HAMILTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 14 min |
| Aug 3, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | LaMoure | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.