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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 24, 2001Bottineau County, Renville County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2001, 10:08 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 24, 2001, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Renville County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Sherwood, ND	The tornado moved slowly east reaching the Bottineau county line around 925 pm cst. The tornado skipped over the open country side.
Jun 24, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Antler, ND	Tornado moved into Bottineau county from Renville county. The tornado remained in open country lifting back into the clouds 6 miles west of Antler.

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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 250309
TORBIS
NDC009-075-250400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1008 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* THIS WARNING REPLACES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

* AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SHERWOOD...OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LORAINE...ANTLER AT 1030 PM CDT
  MOHALL AT 1055 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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.

LAT...LON 4909 10156 4901 10181 4855 10149 4888 10081

NED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	57 min
Jun 24, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	46 min
Jun 25, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	37 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.