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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 8, 2005Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2005, 3:33 PM CDT for Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 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: May 8, 2005, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 4:16 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dickey County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 082034
TORBIS
NDC021-051-082115-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0003.050508T2033Z-050508T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
333 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 68 MILES SOUTH OF
  JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 56 AND 11 AROUND 345 PM CDT
  RURAL EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY AROUND 350 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY AROUND 400 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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4594 9924 4594 9881 4629 9880 4627 9935

$$
TWH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 082053
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

NDC021-051-082115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050508T2115Z/
MCINTOSH ND-DICKEY ND-
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR WESTERN DICKEY
AND EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
MCINTOSH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 66 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  10 MILES EAST OF ASHLEY AT 400 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.

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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4594 9924 4594 9881 4629 9880 4627 9935

$$
TWH

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 082116
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
413 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

NDC021-051-082123-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050508T2115Z/
MCINTOSH ND-DICKEY ND-
413 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DICKEY AND EASTERN MCINTOSH
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A 
SIGNIFICANT THREAT IN EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY. THE STORM PERSISTS IN 
WESTERN DICKEY COUNTY...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HEAVY 
RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM IS OVER 
HIGHWAY 56 AND MAINLY WEST OF MERRICOURT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4594 9924 4594 9881 4629 9880 4627 9935

$$

VINING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	65 min
May 7, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	64 min
May 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McLean, Oliver	15 hr
May 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant	55 min
May 8, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	27 min
May 8, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	59 min
May 8, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	43 min
May 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	71 min
May 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	59 min
May 8, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	29 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	63 min
May 8, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	63 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Morton	3 hr
May 8, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	55 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.