Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 1, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morton County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KBIS 020034
TORBIS
NDC059-020100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0008.050602T0034Z-050602T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
734 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  MORTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY AROUND 750 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 4662 10137 4660 10112 4696 10090 4696 10117

$$

HEINERT

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 020046
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
745 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

NDC059-020100-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050602T0100Z/
MORTON ND-
745 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MORTON
COUNTY...

AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MORTON 
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY AT 800 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.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4663 10136 4662 10110 4696 10090 4696 10117

$$

HEINERT

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