Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 6:11 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 012313
TORBIS
NDC009-075-101-020000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0005.050601T2311Z-050602T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
611 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
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA
NORTHEAST WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 608 PM CDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
WOLSETH...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
GLENBURN AND DEERING AROUND 620 PM CDT
ECKMAN AROUND 650 PM CDT
MAXBASS AROUND 700 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 4841 10124 4839 10106 4862 10107 4864 10095
4881 10097 4883 10126
$$
VINING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 012343
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
NDC075-101-012350-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050602T0000Z/
WARD ND-RENVILLE ND-
640 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENVILLE AND WARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO BOTTINEAU COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4855 10124 4855 10107 4862 10107 4864 10095
4881 10097 4883 10126
$$
NDC009-020000-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050602T0000Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
640 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU
COUNTY...
AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES NEAR MAXBASS...OR
ABOUT 31 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.. THE
STORM APPEARS TO NOT BE ROTATING AT THIS TIME...BUT REDEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE.
THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL AREAS NEAR MAXBASS BY 645 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 4855 10124 4855 10107 4862 10107 4864 10095
4881 10097 4883 10126
$$
VINING000
WWUS53 KBIS 012357
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
657 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
NDC009-020007-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050602T0000Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
657 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM
CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4855 10124 4855 10107 4862 10107 4864 10095
4881 10097 4883 10126
$$
VININGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 36 min |
| 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, 6:46 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.