Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2007, 8:50 PM CDT for Foster County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 15, 2007, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Foster County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Grace City, ND |
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 15, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 160150 TORBIS NDC031-160215- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0031.070716T0150Z-070716T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 850 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRACE CITY...OR ABOUT 36 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE... MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRACE CITY AROUND 855 PM CDT... 7 MILES EAST OF BORDULAC AND 8 MILES WEST OF JUANITA AROUND 900 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 4758 9872 4758 9908 4734 9899 4734 9856 $$ NH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 160201 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 900 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 NDC031-160215- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070716T0215Z/ FOSTER ND- 900 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EASTERN FOSTER COUNTY... AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRACE CITY...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES EAST OF BORDULAC AROUND 905 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 4758 9872 4758 9908 4734 9899 4734 9856 $$ NH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 160216 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 915 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 NDC031-160225- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070716T0215Z/ FOSTER ND- 915 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FOSTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. LAT...LON 4758 9872 4758 9908 4734 9899 4734 9856 $$ NH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.