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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 18, 2004McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2004, 7:44 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 18, 2004, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2004-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2541 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2004-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
2541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 190044
TORBIS
NDC051-190130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
742 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF WISHEK...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WISHEK AROUND 755 PM CDT
  ASHLEY AROUND 810 PM CDT

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 4628 9928 4628 9968 4600 9944 4603 9906

$$

WA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan62 min
Jul 18, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure46 min
Jul 18, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh29 min
Jul 18, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.