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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 11, 2007Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT for Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Divide County, ND

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 11, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 112316
TORBIS
NDC023-112345-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0013.070611T2315Z-070611T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
615 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSBY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
  OF CROSBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL DIVIDE COUNTY AROUND 630 PM CDT...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE ONE THAT EXPIRED AT 615 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
STURDY 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 4866 10359 4865 10331 4888 10303 4898 10337

$$

RSL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 112331
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
631 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007

NDC023-112345-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070611T2345Z/
DIVIDE ND-
631 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DIVIDE COUNTY...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
CROSBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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 4866 10354 4865 10315 4888 10303 4898 10339

$$

RSL

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 112347
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007

NDC023-112356-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070611T2345Z/
DIVIDE ND-
646 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM
CDT...

THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN DIVIDE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4866 10354 4865 10315 4888 10303 4898 10339

$$

RSL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	63 min
Jun 10, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	54 min
Jun 11, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	60 min
Jun 11, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	56 min
Jun 11, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	48 min
Jun 11, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	23 min
Jun 11, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Wells	61 min
Jun 11, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	31 min
Jun 11, 4:07 PM CDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Adams, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 20 more	43 hr
Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	61 min
Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Divide	35 min
Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	60 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.