Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2005, 12:05 AM CDT for Pierce County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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 8, 2005, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pierce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 080505 TORBIS NDC069-080530- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0048.050708T0505Z-050708T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1205 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 42 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4852 9993 4817 10003 4820 9988 4851 9984 $$ RSL
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 080518
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1217 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005
NDC069-080530-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-050708T0530Z/
PIERCE ND-
1217 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL PIERCE
COUNTY...
AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO...LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PIERCE
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4852 9993 4824 10004 4820 9988 4845 9983
4851 9984
$$
RSL000
WWUS53 KBIS 080527
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1227 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005
NDC069-080537-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-050708T0530Z/
PIERCE ND-
1227 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1230 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 200 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4852 9993 4824 10004 4820 9988 4845 9983
4851 9984
$$
RSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 4:46 AM CDT | 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.