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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 2005Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:53 PM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2005, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Emmons County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1199 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 080153
TORBIS
NDC029-080230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0022.050608T0153Z-050608T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  STRASBURG...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 910 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 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 MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4609 10027 4631 9992 4629 9992 4628 9989
      4608 9988 4604 9996 4596 10009 4596 10011

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KBIS 080228
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

NDC029-080238-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050608T0230Z/
EMMONS ND-
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930
PM CDT...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER
POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4609 10027 4631 9992 4629 9992 4628 9989
      4608 9988 4604 9996 4596 10009 4596 10011

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton50 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux3 hr
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBISEmmons, Sioux38 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton56 min
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons44 min
Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISGrant, Sioux2 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBISEmmons28 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh46 min
Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams42 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan43 min
Jun 7, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISDickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman115 min
Jun 7, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey25 min
Jun 7, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey46 min
Jun 7, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey22 min
Jun 7, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.