Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 4:21 AM CDT for Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 24 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, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheridan County, ND
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 19, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 190921 TORBIS NDC083-190945- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0029.050619T0921Z-050619T0945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 421 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 56 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY AROUND 440 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. 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 4783 10054 4749 10033 4760 10006 4783 10020 $$ RSL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 190936 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 436 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC083-190945- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050619T0945Z/ SHERIDAN ND- 436 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 434 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. IT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 61 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4783 10054 4749 10033 4760 10006 4783 10020 $$ 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, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 16 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.