Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2006, 1:54 PM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 23, 2006, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rolette County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Rolla, ND | FUNNEL CLOUD DISSIPATED THEN REFORMED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 231854 TORBIS NDC079-231915- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.060623T1854Z-060623T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 154 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 147 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ROLLA...OR ABOUT 42 MILES EAST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 4896 9963 4879 9971 4874 9955 4893 9955 $$ JF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 231913 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 213 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 NDC079-231923- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060623T1915Z/ ROLETTE ND- 213 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROLETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 215 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 4896 9963 4879 9971 4874 9955 4893 9955 $$ JF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Rolette | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.