Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 8:08 PM MDT for Adams County, Grant County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 21, 2016, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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
- 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.
389
WFUS53 KBIS 220208
TORBIS
NDC001-037-041-220245-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.160622T0208Z-160622T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
808 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
WEST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
* AT 808 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOTT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER...WEST CENTRAL GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL ADAMS
COUNTIES.
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 4625 10248 4638 10237 4629 10188 4605 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 288DEG 15KT 4632 10235
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
HEINERT/MARTIN1 follow-up statement
304
WWUS53 KBIS 220223
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
823 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016
NDC001-037-041-220245-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160622T0245Z/
HETTINGER ND-GRANT ND-ADAMS ND-
823 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER...WEST CENTRAL GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL ADAMS
COUNTIES...
AT 823 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW LEIPZIG...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER...WEST CENTRAL GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL ADAMS
COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 4620 10222 4633 10213 4629 10188 4610 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 294DEG 34KT 4623 10208
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
HEINERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Slope, Stark | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 8:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 8:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 8:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Ward | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 9:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 10:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 10:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 11:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 11:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 12:32 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 1:27 AM MDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.