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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2007, 12:56 AM CDT for Burke County, Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2007, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burke County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Ward County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 W Kenmare, ND | FORWARDED BY NEWS MEDIA |
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 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 3796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 17.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 250556 TORBIS NDC013-061-101-250630- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0024.070625T0556Z-070625T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1256 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTRAIL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NIOBE...OR ABOUT 51 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF NIOBE AROUND 130 AM 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 4857 10249 4848 10235 4855 10206 4870 10221 $$ RSL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 250605 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 105 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 NDC013-061-101-250630- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070625T0630Z/ BURKE ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-WARD ND- 105 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARD...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTRAIL AND SOUTH CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES... AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NIOBE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NIOBE AROUND 130 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4857 10249 4848 10235 4855 10206 4870 10221 $$ RSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Ward | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 59 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.