Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT for Burke County, Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Burke County, ND, Renville County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Bowbells, ND | Touchdown in open country. Tornado remained in open country as it crossed into Renville county. |
| Aug 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Sherwood, ND | Tornado crossed over into Renville county from burke county remaining in open county. Total path of storm was 6 miles before dissipating in Renville county. |
| Aug 7, 8:04 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sherwood, ND |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 080025 TORBIS NDC013-075-080100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 724 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMNT REPORTED A TORNADO 21 MILES WEST OF SHERWOOD...OR ABOUT 54 MILES EAST OF CROSBY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WI5NDOWS. LAT...LON 4898 10224 4881 10207 4878 10150 4902 10152
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.