Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2008, 7:58 PM CDT for Dickey County, LaMoure County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 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
- May 24, 2008, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 250059 TORBIS NDC021-045-250130- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0003.080525T0058Z-080525T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 758 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF OAKES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VERONA BY 815 PM CDT... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4611 9801 4614 9830 4651 9820 4649 9804 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 205DEG 29KT 4623 9813 $$ JP MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KBIS 250124
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
823 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
NDC021-250133-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080525T0130Z/
DICKEY ND-
823 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DICKEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF DICKEY COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4638 9804 4639 9822 4651 9820 4649 9805
4647 9805 4646 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 205DEG 29KT 4641 9801
$$
NDC045-250130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080525T0130Z/
LAMOURE ND-
823 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAMOURE COUNTY...
AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF VERONA...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF
VALLEY CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4638 9804 4639 9822 4651 9820 4649 9805
4647 9805 4646 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 205DEG 29KT 4641 9801
$$
JP MARTIN000
WWUS53 KBIS 250132
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
831 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
NDC045-250141-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080525T0130Z/
LAMOURE ND-
831 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF LAMOURE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4638 9804 4639 9822 4651 9820 4649 9805
4647 9805 4646 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 205DEG 29KT 4642 9800
$$
JP MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 61 min |
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 44 min |
| May 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 27 min |
| May 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 35 min |
| May 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 30 min |
| May 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 34 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 61 min |
| May 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 36 min |
| May 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 46 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.