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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2007, 6:59 PM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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 10, 2007, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2007, 7:30 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 110000 TORBIS NDC029-110030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0036.070810T2359Z-070811T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 659 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 730 PM CDT * AT 657 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED MULTIPLE FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 53 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 710 PM CDT... RURAL CENTRAL EMMONS COUNTY AROUND 720 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 4614 10063 4597 10053 4606 10024 4623 10043 $$ NH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 110018 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 716 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 NDC029-110030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070811T0030Z/ EMMONS ND- 716 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY... AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN EMMONS COUNTY NOW... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4614 10063 4597 10053 4606 10024 4623 10043 $$ 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, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 40 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 |
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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.