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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 2001Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
Jul 19, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2001, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ward County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDTHail 1.75Kenmare, ND
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDTTornado F0Donnybrook, NDTornado briefly touched down in open country.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-567 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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 
WFUS53 KBIS 192302
TORBIS

NDC101-192330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
600 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF KENMARE...OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST     
  OF MINOT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE SEEN THE   
  TORNADO ON THE GROUND.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KENASTON AND LOWER DES LACS LAKE AT 605 PM CDT
  DONNYBROOK AT 620 PM CDT

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4868 10222 4856 10223 4848 10186 4872 10186

JV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman55 min
Jul 18, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman59 min
Jul 18, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh67 min
Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman60 min
Jul 18, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure, Stutsman38 min
Jul 18, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh64 min
Jul 18, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman62 min
Jul 18, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman45 min
Jul 18, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh53 min
Jul 18, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman60 min
Jul 18, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure56 min
Jul 18, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey31 min
Jul 18, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams44 min
Jul 19, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux59 min
Jul 19, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons51 min
Jul 19, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure, Logan55 min
Jul 19, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman62 min
Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams62 min
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams60 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Mountrail62 min
Jul 19, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurke, Mountrail45 min
Jul 19, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningBISWard29 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.