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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2007Burke County, Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 1:20 AM CDTHAIL 1.756 W Kenmare, NDFORWARDED 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2007-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3796 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2007-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette29 min
Jun 24, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau53 min
Jun 24, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail66 min
Jun 24, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce26 min
Jun 24, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry24 min
Jun 24, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette23 min
Jun 25, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette47 min
Jun 25, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau59 min
Jun 25, 12:24 AM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau36 min
Jun 25, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward57 min
Jun 25, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams45 min
Jun 25, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams61 min
Jun 25, 1:29 AM CDTTornado WarningBISBurke, Ward31 min
Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau54 min
Jun 25, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville39 min
Jun 25, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette48 min
Jun 25, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide66 min
Jun 25, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville46 min
Jun 25, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke64 min
Jun 25, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau44 min
Jun 25, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau59 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.