Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Bismarck, ND
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KBIS 080228
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005
NDC029-080238-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050608T0230Z/
EMMONS ND-
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930
PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER
POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4609 10027 4631 9992 4629 9992 4628 9989
4608 9988 4604 9996 4596 10009 4596 10011
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 115 min |
| Jun 7, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 37 min |
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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.