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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 2003Foster County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT for Foster County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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 27, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Foster County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2003-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2003-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 280215
TORBIS
NDC031-280315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
914 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCHENRY...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTH OF
  DEVILS LAKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MCHENRY AT 920 PM CDT
  GRACE CITY AT 930 PM CDT
  JUANITA AT 935 PM CDT
  GLENFIELD AT 940 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4768 9853 4772 9879 4736 9893 4735 9853

$$

FCSTID = 4

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.