Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT for Burleigh County, McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 4:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burleigh County, ND, McLean County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 3392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 190830 TORBIS NDC015-055-190900- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0028.050619T0830Z-050619T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 330 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 324 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF WILTON...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WILTON AROUND 335 AM 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4724 10097 4710 10089 4717 10054 4731 10063 $$ RSL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 190845 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 345 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC015-055-190900- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050619T0900Z/ MCLEAN ND-BURLEIGH ND- 345 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES... AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLETORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WILTON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4724 10097 4710 10089 4717 10054 4731 10063 $$ RSL
000 WWUS53 KBIS 190902 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 402 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC015-055-190912- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050619T0900Z/ MCLEAN ND-BURLEIGH ND- 402 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 AM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4724 10097 4710 10089 4717 10054 4731 10063 $$ RSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stark | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Stark | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Oliver | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Wells | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce | 27 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.