Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 10, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 18 Sw Linton, ND | STORM CHASERS REPORT MULTIPLE FUNNELS OVER SOUTHWEST EMMONS COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 102319 TORBIS NDC029-110000- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0035.070810T2320Z-070811T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 620 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 630 PM CDT... RURAL SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 640 PM CDT... RURAL CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 650 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4618 10063 4600 10052 4610 10014 4629 10031 $$ NH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 102345 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 643 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 NDC029-110000- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070811T0000Z/ EMMONS ND- 643 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY... AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLER OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4618 10063 4600 10052 4610 10014 4629 10031 $$ NH
000 WWUS53 KBIS 102350 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 650 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 NDC029-110000- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070811T0000Z/ EMMONS ND- 650 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY... AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4618 10063 4600 10052 4610 10014 4629 10031 $$ NH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Wells | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 22 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 20 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Logan | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Logan | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley, McKenzie | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 31 min |
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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.