I used my webcam picture, plus a neighbor south west of me. Between the 2, I triangulated the tornado with Google Earth. From my estimates, it would land about 1.5 miles away. So further than I was expecting. But past those electrical towers you are seeing. It's kind of deceiving because there is a gentle rise looking that direction. The tornado was actually past that rise. So I wasn't seeing the base, but I didn't know that. I looked at the tornado all of 2 seconds and went, "yep, time to hit the basement."
I posted on the NWS Bismarck Facebook page asking if they had a location. They stated they are still determining the path. So they haven't even given it or estimated EF scale. I kind of doubt they will be able to because they judge based on destruction. There were no buildings, only open field in that area. So no destruction to measure against. My own judgement says it was EF1 or EF2. In the grand scheme of things, it was short lived. But it was good luck because there are subdivisions on either side of where I think it landed.
There were sirens, but I live out of town. I can hear the last ones at the edge of town just barely. By the time I heard them, I was already in the basement with the wife and cats.
For me, it was a surprise. If you watch the longer video, the first super cell had past to the north. I didn't think the second one was going to have enough strength to spawn a tornado, and appeared to be taking that same path north of me. That same cell triggered 2 more tornado's east of me after this one. So it picked up some strength as it approached.
