Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rolette County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Ne Mylo, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 110100
TORBIS
NDC079-110145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0050.050711T0100Z-050711T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
800 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MYLO...OR
ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN ROLETTE COUNTY AROUND 810 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4865 9975 4858 9952 4872 9951 4872 9955
4885 9955 4885 9964
$$
RSL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 110117
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
817 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
NDC079-110145-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050711T0145Z/
ROLETTE ND-
817 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ROLETTE COUNTY...
AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF MYLO...OR ABOUT
37 MILES EAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN ROLETTE COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4865 9975 4858 9952 4872 9951 4872 9955
4885 9955 4885 9964
$$
RSL000
WWUS53 KBIS 110142
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
842 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
NDC079-110152-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050711T0145Z/
ROLETTE ND-
842 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROLETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845
PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4865 9975 4858 9952 4872 9951 4872 9955
4885 9955 4885 9964
$$
RSLThe 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 46 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.