High Wind in North Dakota, August 12 to 13, 2010

Name: High Wind in North Dakota, August 12 to 13, 2010
Start: 2010-08-12T23:18
End: 2010-08-13T00:58
Location: North Dakota

August 12 to 13, 2010 · NWS BIS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Strong winds developed on the backside of thunderstorm activity, as lingering showers enabled strong winds associated with a nocturnal low level jet to reach the surface. Winds in excess of 80 mph were observed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 1:46 PM CST, 9 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:46 PM CST, 9 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
246 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
CURRENTLY THE SURFACE LOW IS IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A WARM
FRONT ALONG ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. CONVECTION HAS BEEN
INITIATING AND MOVING EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT ON THE
NOSE OF A LOW LEVEL JET AND BELOW AN UPPER LEVEL JET. LOOKS LIKE
THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING. A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS NORTH FROM THE LOW THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THERE HAS BEEN WEAK CONVECTION IN
THIS AREA. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THIS AREA LATER
THIS EVENING AND STRONGER CONVECTION IS LIKELY. THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES SLOWLY EAST. EVEN THOUGH THE SURFACE LOW WILL HAVE MOVED
INTO MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING...ANOTHER LOBE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL STILL BE BACK IN SASKATCHEWAN AND MONTANA WHICH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MAINTAINING THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWN SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...AS COLD ADVECTION DEVELOPS AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. COULD SEE SOME AFTERNOON
CONVECTION SUNDAY DUE TO AFTERNOON INSTABILITY CAUSED BY HEATING.
COULD SEE GUSTY WINDS ON SATURDAY AS THE SURFACE WINDS TURN
NORTHWEST AND LINK TO STRONGER WINDS ALOFT.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA...THEN SHOULD SEE SLOW WARMING THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL BE GENERALLY VFR...BUT THUNDERSTORMS
ARE A POSSIBILITY AGAIN TONIGHT. COULD SEE SOME FOG AND STRATUS
FRIDAY MORNING BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

TSW

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:36 AM CST, 18 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
536 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-131045-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
536 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 /436 AM MDT THU AUG 12 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE THE MORE LIKELY TIMES IN WHICH
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WOULD OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

JV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:03 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1103 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     TSTM WND GST     MOTT                    46.37N 102.33W
08/12/2010  E80 MPH          HETTINGER          ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STRONG WINDS LASTED FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES. THERE IS
            REPORTED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:24 PM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1124 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1123 PM     TSTM WND GST     SELFRIDGE               46.04N 100.93W
08/12/2010  E70 MPH          SIOUX              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:30 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1130 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1122 PM     HAIL             TOLLEY                  48.73N 101.83W
08/12/2010  E1.00 INCH       RENVILLE           ND   PUBLIC

&&

SWICHE

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 10:54 PM CST, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1154 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

NDZ020-034-035-042-130600-
BURLEIGH ND-GRANT ND-MORTON ND-OLIVER ND-
1154 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORTON...OLIVER...WESTERN BURLEIGH
AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/...

AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GLEN ULLIN TO 7 MILES EAST OF FLASHER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN. STRONGER WINDS....IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
STAY SOUTH OF THE BISMARCK MANDAN CITY LIMITS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BISMARCK...
  NEW SALEM...
  ST. ANTHONY...
  MANDAN...
  LINCOLN...
  CENTER...
  MENOKEN...
  CROWN BUTTE LAKE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

BIRK

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 10:54 PM CST, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1154 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

NDZ020-034-035-042-130600-
BURLEIGH ND-GRANT ND-MORTON ND-OLIVER ND-
1154 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORTON...OLIVER...WESTERN BURLEIGH
AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/...

AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GLEN ULLIN TO 7 MILES EAST OF FLASHER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN. STRONGER WINDS....IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
STAY SOUTH OF THE BISMARCK MANDAN CITY LIMITS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BISMARCK...
  NEW SALEM...
  ST. ANTHONY...
  MANDAN...
  LINCOLN...
  CENTER...
  MENOKEN...
  CROWN BUTTE LAKE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

BIRK

Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:56 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1156 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     TORNADO          1 E BOWBELLS            48.80N 102.22W
08/12/2010                   BURKE              ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 2 INJ *** A CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND LASTED
            SEVERAL MINUTES. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED, AND ANOTHER HOME
            WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO
            DESTROYED. A CAR WAS THROWN 200 YARDS INTO A FIELD, WITH
            TWO OCCUPANTS INJURED. TIME AND PLACEMENT IS ESTIMATED
            BASED ON RADAR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONDUCT

            A STORM SURVEY NEAR BOWBELLS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13TH.

&&

NHEINERT

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Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Morton

When: August 12, 11:18 PM CST to 11:28 PM CST
Where: Morton forecast zone
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind, Sioux

When: August 12, 11:25 PM CST to 11:40 PM CST
Where: Sioux forecast zone
Measured: 73 kt (84 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind, Emmons

When: August 13, 12:00 AM CST to 12:10 AM CST
Where: Emmons forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 46.285, -100.239 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Burleigh

When: August 13, 12:47 AM CST to 12:58 AM CST
Where: Burleigh forecast zone
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph) measured gust
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 46.977, -100.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, August 2010

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 254989, 254991, 254992, 254993.