Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2007, 2:53 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2007, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ward County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | Sawyer, ND | PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SAWYER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 121953 TORBIS NDC101-122030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0015.070612T1953Z-070612T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 253 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAWYER...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF SAWYER AROUND 325 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4785 10145 4781 10119 4811 10103 4811 10139 $$ NH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 122005 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 305 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NDC101-122030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070612T2030Z/ WARD ND- 305 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY... AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SAWYER...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SAWYER AROUND 325 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4785 10145 4781 10119 4811 10103 4811 10139 $$ NH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 122016 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 316 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NDC101-122030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070612T2030Z/ WARD ND- 316 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAWYER...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SAWYER AROUND 325 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4793 10140 4788 10111 4811 10103 4811 10139 $$ NH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Slope | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 15 min |
| Jun 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 40 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.