Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 23, 2006Rolette County, North Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 1:54 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 E Rolla, NDFUNNEL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure28 min
Jun 23, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure29 min
Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure43 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBISRolette24 min
Jun 23, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure, Logan62 min
Jun 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.