Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 6:46 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 7:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 012347 TORBIS NDC009-075-101-020015- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.050601T2346Z-050602T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 646 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 SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EAST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MINOT AFB...JUST SOUTH OF GLENBURN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GLENBURN AROUND 655 PM CDT 6 MILES EAST OF LANSFORD AROUND 705 PM CDT MAXBASS AROUND 715 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 4837 10141 4835 10114 4879 10105 4881 10139 $$ VINING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 020005 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 704 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 NDC101-020014- /O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050602T0015Z/ WARD ND- 704 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTH INTO RENVILLE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4847 10141 4847 10112 4879 10105 4881 10139 $$ NDC009-075-020015- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050602T0015Z/ RENVILLE ND-BOTTINEAU ND- 704 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU AND SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES... AT 700 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED WEST OF GLENBURN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LANSFORD BY 715 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 4847 10141 4847 10112 4879 10105 4881 10139 $$ VINING
000 WWUS53 KBIS 020017 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 716 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 NDC009-075-020026- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050602T0015Z/ RENVILLE ND-BOTTINEAU ND- 716 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU AND SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THE STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF LANSFORD AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH RURAL AREAS WEST OF MAXBASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4847 10141 4847 10112 4879 10105 4881 10139 $$ VINING
The 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, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 49 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.