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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT for Bottineau County, McHenry County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 22, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bottineau County, ND, McHenry County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Upham, ND | |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Upham, ND | HAIL LASTED FROM 620 PM CDT TO 635 PM CDT. REPORTED BY ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCES BOARD OBSERVER. |
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 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 222254 TORBIS NDC009-049-222330- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0021.070622T2254Z-070622T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 554 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... NORTH CENTRAL MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSSELL... OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KRAMER AROUND 615 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDENA AROUND 630 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 4878 10094 4861 10097 4855 10052 4873 10047 $$ TSW
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 222315 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 614 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007 NDC009-049-222330- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070622T2330Z/ MCHENRY ND-BOTTINEAU ND- 614 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MCHENRY COUNTIES... AT 609 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KRAMER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KRAMER AND UPHAM AROUND 625 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4874 10086 4860 10094 4847 10056 4866 10049 $$ TSW
000 WWUS53 KBIS 222330 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 629 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007 NDC009-049-222339- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070622T2330Z/ MCHENRY ND-BOTTINEAU ND- 629 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MCHENRY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. LAT...LON 4874 10086 4860 10094 4847 10056 4866 10049 $$ TSW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Rolette | 65 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.