Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2007, 4:33 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 8, 2007, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kidder County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 082133 TORBIS NDC043-082200- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0032.070808T2133Z-070808T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 433 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 430 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LAKE ISABEL...OR ABOUT 49 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TAPPEN AROUND 450 PM CDT... CRYSTAL SPRINGS AROUND 500 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 4698 9979 4664 9978 4664 9945 4697 9949 $$ CLH/TSW
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 082154 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 454 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 NDC043-082204- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070808T2200Z/ KIDDER ND- 454 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. LAT...LON 4698 9979 4664 9978 4664 9945 4697 9949 $$ CLH/TSW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Stark | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.