Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 9, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Emmons County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Hague, ND | HAIL ENDED AT 10 PM CDT LASTED10 MINUTES. |
| Jul 9, 9:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Westfield, ND | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 100230 TORBIS NDC029-100300- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0030.070710T0229Z-070710T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 929 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WESTFIELD AND JUST SOUTH OF STRASBURG AROUND 940 PM CDT... HULL AROUND 945 PM CDT... HAGUE AROUND 955 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 4617 10041 4595 10051 4594 9988 4610 9988 $$ CJS/JF
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 100239 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 938 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 NDC029-100300- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070710T0300Z/ EMMONS ND- 938 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY... AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WESTFIELD AROUND 945 PM CDT... HULL AROUND 950 PM CDT... HAGUE AROUND 1000 PM CDT... THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4617 10041 4595 10051 4594 9988 4610 9988 $$ CJS/JF
000 WWUS53 KBIS 100249 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 948 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 NDC029-100300- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070710T0300Z/ EMMONS ND- 948 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY... AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HULL... OR ABOUT 64 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAGUE AROUND 1000 PM CDT... THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 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. LAT...LON 4617 10041 4595 10051 4594 9988 4610 9988 $$ CJS/JF
000 WWUS53 KBIS 100301 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1000 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 NDC029-100310- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070710T0300Z/ EMMONS ND- 1000 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1000 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4617 10041 4595 10051 4594 9988 4610 9988 $$ CJS/JF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Ward | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 13 min |
| Jul 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 4:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more | 7 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.