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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 1, 2005Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 4:09 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 1, 2005, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bottineau 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 1, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 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 012108
TORBIS
NDC009-012145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0004.050601T2109Z-050601T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
409 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  SOURIS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTH AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SOURIS AROUND 420 PM CDT
  ROTH AROUND 425 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 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4875 10087 4874 10058 4915 10050 4917 10084

$$
VINING

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 012129
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
428 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC009-012145-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050601T2145Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
428 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU
COUNTY...

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOURIS AND ROTH...OR 
ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTH 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.

3/4 INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4875 10087 4874 10058 4915 10050 4917 10084

$$

VINING

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 012144
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
444 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC009-012154-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050601T2145Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
444 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 PM
CDT...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER 
POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTH INTO CANADA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4875 10087 4874 10058 4915 10050 4917 10084

$$

VINING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	55 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	29 min
Jun 1, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	50 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	49 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	49 min
Jun 1, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	31 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.