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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 30, 1996Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1996, 6:14 PM MDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1996, 6:14 PM MDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1996, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Morton County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1996-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBIS 310013
TORBIS
NDC059-310045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
714 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM CDT...610 MOUNTAIN...A TORNADO WAS 15 MILES WEST OF MANDAN...2
MILES SOUTH OF JUDSON.
 
IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH.
 
THE TORNADO WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF CROWN BUTTE DAM AT 630 PM MDT.
 
THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF MANDAN.
 
THE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A MORTON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
JP MARTIN
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Oliver68 min
May 30, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh57 min
May 31, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux59 min
May 31, 1:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux44 min
May 31, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton48 min
May 31, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.