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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 5, 1998Burke County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1998, 8:16 PM CDT for Burke County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 5, 1998, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1998, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 263 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 1998-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1041 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 1998-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

252 
WFUS1 KBIS 060118 RRA
TORBIS
NDC013-060150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
816 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT...AIR FORCE PERSONNEL INDICATED A TORNADO 8
  MILES WEST OF BOWBELLS OR 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BOWBELLS AT 830 PM CDT
  COTEAU AT 830 PM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

JPM/DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke48 min
Jul 5, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard44 min
Jul 5, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail47 min
Jul 5, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams58 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail58 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBISWilliams28 min
Jul 5, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail46 min
Jul 6, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail, Ward61 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie64 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard64 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBISWard49 min
Jul 6, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons47 min
Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh45 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean45 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie60 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville32 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh31 min
Jul 6, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder50 min
Jul 6, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean63 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.