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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2002Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rolette County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1621 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 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 251930
TORBIS
NDC079-252000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNSEITH...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4886 10011 4860 10014 4855 9955 4867 9953

JP MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville67 min
Jun 24, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau64 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.