Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2007, 1:29 AM CDT for Burke County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2007, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burke County, ND, Ward County, ND
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 250629 TORBIS NDC013-101-250700- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0025.070625T0629Z-070625T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 129 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NIOBE...OR ABOUT 51 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NIOBE AROUND 135 AM CDT... KENMARE AROUND 140 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 4866 10233 4858 10220 4870 10202 4884 10205 $$ RSL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 250648 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 148 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 NDC013-101-250700- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070625T0700Z/ BURKE ND-WARD ND- 148 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD AND EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES... AT 144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NIOBE...OR ABOUT 51 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY AROUND 200 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4866 10233 4858 10220 4870 10202 4884 10205 $$ RSL
000 WWUS53 KBIS 250701 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 202 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 NDC013-101-250712- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070625T0700Z/ BURKE ND-WARD ND- 202 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD AND EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 AM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. LAT...LON 4866 10233 4858 10220 4870 10202 4884 10205 $$ 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, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Ward | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.