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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 15, 2004Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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
May 15, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2004, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stutsman County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2004-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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.

762 
WFUS53 KBIS 152202
TORBIS
NDC093-152230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENTIAL FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO...ABOUT 34 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF STREETER MOVING 
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN STUTSMAN COUNTY AT 510 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 WINDOWLESS ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. PROTECT YOUR
HEAD WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

LAT...LON 4681 9940 4665 9942 4665 9885 4679 9880

$$
RSL

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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.