Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 7:44 PM CDT for Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 10, 2005, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheridan 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 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 4621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 22.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 110044 TORBIS NDC083-110130- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0049.050711T0044Z-050711T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 744 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY AROUND 800 PM CDT RURAL NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY AROUND 820 PM CDT 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. 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 MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4760 10068 4749 10047 4772 10013 4785 10044 $$ NH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 110114 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 814 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 NDC083-110130- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050711T0130Z/ SHERIDAN ND- 814 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4760 10068 4749 10047 4772 10013 4785 10044 $$ NH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Rolette | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 19 min |
| Jul 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McLean | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Sheridan | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 11:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Sioux | 118 min |
| Jul 11, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 3 hr |
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.