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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 10, 2007Logan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT for Logan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 10, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Napoleon, ND
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Napoleon, NDPUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. BROKE BACK WINDOW OF CAR.

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
Aug 10, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1398 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-392 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 102136
TORBIS
NDC047-102200-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0033.070810T2137Z-070810T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
437 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NAPOLEON...
  OR ABOUT 51 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4652 9991 4642 9991 4646 9973 4656 9972

$$

KS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, McLean, Sheridan30 min
Aug 10, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette59 min
Aug 10, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Sheridan36 min
Aug 10, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn29 min
Aug 10, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan50 min
Aug 10, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer63 min
Aug 10, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWells41 min
Aug 10, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry54 min
Aug 10, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Wells60 min
Aug 10, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean60 min
Aug 10, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce59 min
Aug 10, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry45 min
Aug 10, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan59 min
Aug 10, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells29 min
Aug 10, 1:18 PM CDTFire Weather WatchBISBowman, Slope22 hr
Aug 10, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder27 min
Aug 10, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Sheridan, Wells20 min
Aug 10, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Logan65 min
Aug 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder42 min
Aug 10, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons53 min
Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman57 min
Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLogan33 min
Aug 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder21 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Sioux64 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux49 min
Aug 10, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBISEmmons40 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie67 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux45 min
Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBISEmmons31 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.