Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 4:48 AM CDT for Pierce County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2005, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pierce County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Esmond, ND | EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...POWER POLES SNAPPED AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND ESMOND. |
| Jun 19, 5:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S Harlow, ND | |
| Jun 19, 5:22 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Leeds, ND | METAL FLAG POLE BROKEN IN HALF |
| Jun 19, 5:25 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 W Penn, ND | |
| Jun 19, 5:25 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 W Penn, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 190948 TORBIS NDC069-191015- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0030.050619T0948Z-050619T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 448 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SILVA...OR ABOUT 48 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...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 4811 10006 4795 9993 4831 9876 4855 9895 $$ RSL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 191014 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 514 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC069-191024- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050619T1015Z/ PIERCE ND- 514 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 AM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4811 10006 4795 9993 4831 9876 4855 9895 $$ 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, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Wells | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.