Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 15 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 122029 TORBIS NDC101-122100- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0016.070612T2029Z-070612T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 329 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOGAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LOGAN NOW... SURREY AROUND 335 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4814 10127 4805 10104 4830 10102 4838 10109 $$ NH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 122040 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NDC101-122100- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070612T2100Z/ WARD ND- 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY... AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAWYER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4819 10122 4805 10104 4830 10102 4826 10111 $$ NH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 122044 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 343 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NDC101-122053- /O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070612T2100Z/ WARD ND- 343 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4819 10122 4805 10104 4830 10102 4826 10111 $$ 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, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 40 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
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.