Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 18 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 8:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 020101
TORBIS
NDC059-020130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0009.050602T0059Z-050602T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
759 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 757 PM CDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT
15 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY NOW
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 4670 10130 4669 10107 4677 10101 4695 10091
4695 10116
$$
VJ1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KBIS 020117
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
816 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
NDC059-020126-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050602T0130Z/
MORTON ND-
816 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4670 10130 4669 10107 4677 10101 4695 10091
4695 10116
$$
VJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 18 min |
| Jun 1, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Ward | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.