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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 27, 1995Mountrail County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1995, 3:17 AM CDT for Mountrail County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1995, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Mountrail County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KISN 270821
TORISN
NDC061-270900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
317 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLISTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF NEW TOWN AND
BELDON
 
AT 315 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW
TOWN MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WxITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
KENNEDY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail59 min
Aug 27, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Ward50 min
Aug 27, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Ward46 min
Aug 27, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail62 min

Nearby

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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.