Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2007, 7:05 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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
- May 21, 2007, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Glen Ullin, ND | CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. |
| May 21, 7:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Glen Ullin, ND | SECOND TORNODO REPLACES INITAL ONE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 220006 TORBIS NDC059-220030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0005.070522T0005Z-070522T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 705 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF GLEN ULLIN...OR ABOUT 46 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY THROUGH 730 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 4681 10196 4673 10166 4698 10143 4698 10180 $$ CJS/HW
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KBIS 220018 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 718 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2007 NDC059-220030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070522T0030Z/ MORTON ND- 718 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY... AT 717 PM CDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF GLEN ULLIN...OR ABOUT 43 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTH CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4681 10196 4673 10166 4698 10143 4698 10180 $$ CS/HW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 47 min |
| May 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 61 min |
| May 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville | 28 min |
| May 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Oliver | 38 min |
| May 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 31 min |
| May 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 55 min |
| May 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Rolette | 58 min |
| May 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau | 25 min |
| May 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 67 min |
| May 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 60 min |
| May 21, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Rolette | 67 min |
| May 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 25 min |
| May 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 38 min |
| May 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan | 62 min |
| May 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 50 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.