Tornado Warning 23, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 7, 2005, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickey County, ND

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000 
WFUS53 KBIS 080335
TORBIS
NDC021-080400-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0023.050608T0335Z-050608T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTH
  OF MERRICOURT...OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTY AROUND 1050 PM CDT
  RURAL CENTRAL DICKEY COUNTY AROUND 1100 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4595 9897 4626 9888 4627 9867 4628 9865
      4628 9834 4594 9863 4595 9893

$$

JC

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 080353
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

NDC021-080400-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050608T0400Z/
DICKEY ND-
1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WESTERN DICKEY
COUNTY...

AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
MERRICOURT...OR ABOUT 62 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF MERRICOURT BY 1100 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.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4595 9897 4626 9888 4627 9867 4628 9865
      4628 9834 4594 9863 4595 9893

$$

JC

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