Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2018, 4:57 PM MDT for Grant County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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 1, 2018, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Grant County, ND, Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 1, 5:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 S Glen Ullin, ND | LARGER SUV WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY HIGH WIND AND PUSHED / SLID SIDEWAYS. ALSO HAD QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Jun 1, 5:20 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Hebron, ND | SEMI FLIPPED OVER ON INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 102 AND 104. |
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 1, 2:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 623 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WFUS53 KBIS 012257
TORBIS
NDC037-059-012330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0011.180601T2257Z-180601T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Morton County in south central North Dakota...
Northwestern Grant County in south central North Dakota...
* Until 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/.
* At 557 PM CDT/457 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was located over Heart Butte Dam, or 13 miles
south of Glen Ullin, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
Glen Ullin around 625 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4653 10169 4654 10195 4695 10199 4694 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 183DEG 28KT 4662 10182
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINERT1 follow-up statement
982
WWUS53 KBIS 012311
SVSBIS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018
NDC037-059-012330-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-180601T2330Z/
Morton ND-Grant ND-
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES...
At 611 PM CDT/511 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
a tornado was located 7 miles north of Heart Butte Dam, or 8 miles
south of Glen Ullin, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Glen Ullin around 625 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4653 10169 4654 10181 4691 10193 4694 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 199DEG 24KT 4671 10177
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Hettinger | 2 hr |
| May 31, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 48 min |
| May 31, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 58 min |
| May 31, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stark | 50 min |
| May 31, 8:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 49 min |
| May 31, 8:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 50 min |
| May 31, 8:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 47 min |
| May 31, 9:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 52 min |
| May 31, 9:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton | 44 min |
| May 31, 10:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 42 min |
| May 31, 11:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 38 min |
| May 31, 11:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn, Stark | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 1:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton and 3 more | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 1:05 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 1:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 1:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 1:57 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 2:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 12:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn, Mountrail | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 21 min |
| Jun 1, 2:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burke | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, McKenzie | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 4:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mountrail | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Ward | 13 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Ward | 63 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.