Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2005, 6:02 PM CDT for Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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 26, 2005, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Renville County, ND, Ward 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 26, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 262303
TORBIS
NDC075-101-262330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0036.050626T2302Z-050626T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
602 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 558 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 14 MILES WEST OF
GLENBURN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENBURN AROUND 630 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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4856 10146 4855 10144 4855 10120 4851 10122
4835 10146 4837 10153 4845 10166 4848 10165
4865 10146
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KBIS 262316
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
616 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
NDC101-262326-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050626T2330Z/
WARD ND-
616 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4856 10146 4855 10144 4855 10120 4854 10122
4851 10122 4847 10131 4847 10165 4850 10163
4865 10146
$$
NDC075-262330-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050626T2330Z/
RENVILLE ND-
616 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RENVILLE COUNTY...
AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
GLENBURN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GLENBURN BY 625 PM CDT
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4856 10146 4855 10144 4855 10120 4854 10122
4851 10122 4847 10131 4847 10165 4850 10163
4865 10146
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 70 min |
| Jun 26, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley, McKenzie | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mountrail, Ward | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bowman | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Sioux | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Ward | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.