Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 8:29 PM MDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 7, 2005, 8:29 PM MDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 8:56 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mercer County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 080230
TORBIS
NDC057-080300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0047.050708T0229Z-050708T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
829 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 827 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH
OF BEULAH...OR ABOUT 59 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
BEULAH AROUND 835 PM MDT
HAZEN AROUND 845 PM MDT
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.
LAT...LON 4747 10179 4730 10187 4724 10174 4724 10148
4740 10145
$$
HEINERT3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 080240
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
940 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005
NDC057-080300-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050708T0300Z/
MERCER ND-
840 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL MERCER
COUNTY...
AT 839 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAZEN...OR ABOUT 59 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN MERCER COUNTY AT 850 PM MDT
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4747 10179 4730 10187 4724 10174 4724 10148
4740 10145
$$
HEINERT000
WWUS53 KBIS 080244
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
944 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005
NDC057-080300-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050708T0300Z/
MERCER ND-
844 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL MERCER
COUNTY...
AT 841 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZEN...OR ABOUT
56 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4747 10179 4730 10187 4724 10174 4724 10148
4740 10145
$$
NH000
WWUS53 KBIS 080256
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
955 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005
NDC057-080305-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050708T0300Z/
MERCER ND-
855 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...
AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4747 10179 4730 10187 4724 10174 4724 10148
4740 10145
$$
NHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 8:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 9:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 10:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 10:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 10:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 11:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 11:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 11:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 11:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 11:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 1:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 1:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 2:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:46 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.