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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 19, 2004Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2004, 4:24 PM CDT for Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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 19, 2004, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2004, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2004-05-19Temperature 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 2004-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 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 192124
TORBIS
NDC069-079-192230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
424 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER OVERLY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOTTINEAU...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNSEITH...EAST DUNSEITH AROUND 435 PM CDT
  THORNE AROUND 445 PM CDT
  SHELL VALLEY AROUND 450 PM CDT
  ROLETTE AROUND 455 PM CDT
  NANSON...BELCOURT AROUND 500 PM CDT
  WOLFORD...ST. JOHN AROUND 505 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 4899 10017 4860 10017 4841 10024 4840 9953
      4899 9959

$$

SHK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Renville51 min
May 19, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.