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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 2007Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2007, 8:35 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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 17, 2007, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 17, 8:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	5 W Mandan, ND
Jun 17, 8:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 W Mandan, ND
Jun 17, 8:51 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 N Mandan, ND

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 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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: 2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 180136
TORBIS
NDC015-059-180200-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0019.070618T0135Z-070618T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
835 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 832 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR JUDSON...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROWN BUTTE LAKE AROUND 840 PM CDT...
  DOUBLE DITCH INDIAN VILLIAGE AROUND 850 PM CDT...
  BALDWIN AROUND 900 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.

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.

LAT...LON 4684 10144 4669 10130 4693 10060 4706 10068

$$

TSW

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 180150
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

NDC015-059-180200-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070618T0200Z/
BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND-
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND WEST CENTRAL BURLEIGH COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUBLE DITCH
INDIAN VILLIAGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BALDWIN AROUND 900 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.

LAT...LON 4696 10104 4682 10093 4693 10060 4706 10068

$$

TSW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	37 min
Jun 17, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	40 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	57 min
Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	64 min
Jun 17, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	24 min
Jun 17, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh	27 min
Jun 17, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	40 min
Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	62 min
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Wells	46 min
Jun 18, 4:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	17 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.