Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2019, 9:27 PM MDT for Adams County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- Jul 12, 2019, 9:27 PM MDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2019, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Adams County, ND, Hettinger County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:27 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne Mott, ND | HETTINGER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF MOTT. |
| Jul 12, 9:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mott, ND | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF MOTT DUE TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A GARAGE DOOR WAS BLOWN IN ON THE NE SIDE OF MOTT, CAMPERS WERE BLOWN OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF MOTT, A BUILDING ON THE FAIR GROUNDS WAS DAMAGED, AND LARGE TREES WERE BLOCKI |
| Jul 12, 9:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mott, ND | 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCH SNAPPED OFF. REPORTS OF BROKEN WINDOWS IN MOTT. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
327
WFUS53 KBIS 130327
TORBIS
NDC001-041-130400-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0009.190713T0327Z-190713T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
927 PM MDT Fri Jul 12 2019
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Hettinger County in southwestern North Dakota...
East central Adams County in southwestern North Dakota...
* Until 1000 PM MDT.
* At 927 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Mott, moving
southeast at 25 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Hettinger and east central Adams Counties.
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 4638 10240 4643 10229 4621 10199 4621 10200
4611 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 329DEG 22KT 4636 10229
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SCHILD1 follow-up statement
058
WWUS53 KBIS 130349
SVSBIS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
949 PM MDT Fri Jul 12 2019
NDC001-041-130400-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190713T0400Z/
Hettinger ND-Adams ND-
949 PM MDT Fri Jul 12 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER AND EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES...
At 948 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 9 miles southeast of
Mott, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado near Mott at 927 pm MDT.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Hettinger and east central Adams Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4632 10233 4637 10223 4621 10199 4621 10200
4611 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 330DEG 20KT 4626 10221
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail, Ward | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 8:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 9:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 10:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 10:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Sioux | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 10:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 11:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 12:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 12:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 12:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 12:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 1:54 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 2:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 20 min |
| Jul 13, 4:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville, Ward | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 46 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.