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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 26, 2005Bowman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2005, 4:52 PM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 26, 2005, 4:52 PM MDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2005, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bowman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 5:15 PM MDTHAIL 2.57 S Bowman, NDGOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-386 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 262253
TORBIS
NDC011-262330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0035.050626T2252Z-050626T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
452 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWMAN

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 450 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTH
  OF BOWMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BOWMAN AROUND 515 PM MDT

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4595 10359 4595 10316 4627 10314 4627 10350

$$

HEINERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams64 min
Jun 25, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, Williams60 min
Jun 25, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, McKenzie, Williams65 min
Jun 25, 9:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBISDivide, Williams26 min
Jun 25, 10:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBISDivide, Williams31 min
Jun 25, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Mountrail61 min
Jun 25, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville, Ward66 min
Jun 25, 11:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSlope67 min
Jun 25, 11:46 PM MDTTornado WarningBISRenville, Ward29 min
Jun 26, 12:11 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau64 min
Jun 26, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark56 min
Jun 26, 12:36 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward56 min
Jun 26, 1:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Rolette70 min
Jun 26, 1:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce61 min
Jun 26, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie52 min
Jun 26, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mountrail, Ward54 min
Jun 26, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie64 min
Jun 26, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman61 min
Jun 26, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard59 min
Jun 26, 4:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail4 hr
Jun 26, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver30 min
Jun 26, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville61 min
Jun 26, 4:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux30 min
Jun 26, 4:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISBottineau, Renville, Ward4 hr
Jun 26, 5:02 PM MDTTornado WarningBISRenville, Ward28 min
Jun 26, 5:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMorton, Sioux45 min
Jun 26, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver22 min
Jun 26, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger59 min
Jun 26, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau57 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard38 min
Jun 26, 5:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Ward4 hr
Jun 26, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.