Tornado Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 1, 2005, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2005, 8:15 PM MDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hettinger County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KBIS 020149
TORBIS
NDC041-020215-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0010.050602T0148Z-050602T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
748 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  MOTT...OR ABOUT 44 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JUST EAST OF MOTT AT 748 PM MDT
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM MDT

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 HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4633 10243 4628 10209 4662 10207 4662 10241

$$

VINING

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020202
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
901 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC015-055-020215-
/O.CON.KBIS.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050602T0215Z/
MCLEAN ND-BURLEIGH ND-
901 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...

AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REGAN...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4708 10095 4700 10072 4733 10024 4733 10081

$$

HEINERT

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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.