Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT for LaMoure County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 28, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County LaMoure County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 11 Ne La Moure, ND | LAMOURE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS TORNADO LIFTED AND DROPPED BACK DOWN. CYCLING OF TORNADO UP AND DOWN CONTINUED AT 410 PM. |
| Apr 28, 4:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Se Marion, ND | ON GROUND UNTIL 345 PM THEN DISSIPATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 282102 TORBIS NDC045-282130- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0002.060428T2102Z-060428T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 402 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 401 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY AROUND 420 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 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. LAT...LON 4669 9816 4646 9824 4637 9806 4657 9779 $$ TWH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 282122 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 418 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 NDC045-282130- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060428T2130Z/ LAMOURE ND- 418 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY... AT 415 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM... THAT WAS PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD RECENTLY PRODUCED A TORNADO...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4669 9816 4646 9824 4637 9806 4657 9779 $$ TWH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 282131 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 431 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 NDC045-282141- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060428T2130Z/ LAMOURE ND- 431 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. LAT...LON 4669 9816 4646 9824 4637 9806 4657 9779 $$ TWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.