Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2006, 6:57 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2006, 6:57 PM MDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2006, 7:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Golden Valley County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 239 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 14, 5:14 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 150057 TORBIS NDC033-150145- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0004.060615T0057Z-060615T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 657 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 657 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF BEACH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIBAUX...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEACH AROUND 705 PM MDT... 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 4691 10405 4683 10376 4727 10366 4732 10385 $$ CJS/TWH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 150112 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 809 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 NDC033-150145- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060615T0145Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY ND- 709 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY... AT 709 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEACH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THERE IS NO TORNADO CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND...BUT RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM MDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SENTINEL BUTTE AND TROTTERS AROUND 730 PM MDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4691 10405 4683 10376 4727 10366 4729 10403 $$ CJS/TWH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 150125 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 824 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 NDC033-150131- /O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060615T0145Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY ND- 724 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE STORM IN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TROTTERS...SOUTH TO BEACH AND GOLVA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4691 10405 4683 10376 4727 10366 4729 10403 $$ CJS/TWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 11:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 11:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 2:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 28 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.