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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 2008Dunn County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2008, 3:45 PM MDT for Dunn County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 19, 2008, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2008, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Dunn County, ND

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 19, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 192145
TORBIS
NDC025-192215-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0034.080719T2145Z-080719T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
345 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT/515 PM CDT/

* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCKENZIE
  BAY RECREATION AREA...OR 51 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MCKENZIE BAY RECREATION AREA BY 450 PM CDT...
  TWIN BUTTES BY 400 PM MDT...

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 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING/1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4758 10222 4735 10222 4754 10263 4770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 301DEG 30KT 4757 10244

$$

LEBLANG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 192155
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NDC025-192215-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080719T2215Z/
DUNN ND-
355 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT/515 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY...

AT 350 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKENZIE BAY
RECREATION AREA...OR 48 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 34 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TWIN BUTTES BY 400 PM MDT...

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 ALWAYS 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 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING/1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4758 10222 4735 10222 4754 10263 4770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 301DEG 30KT 4750 10236

$$
RSL

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 192212
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
512 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NDC025-192222-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080719T2215Z/
DUNN ND-
412 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT/415 PM MDT/...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT RISK OF A TORNADO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING/1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING/ FOR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4758 10222 4735 10222 4754 10263 4770 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 301DEG 30KT 4742 10218

$$

LEBLANG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	66 min
Jul 19, 12:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	66 min
Jul 19, 12:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	64 min
Jul 19, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	61 min
Jul 19, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	64 min
Jul 19, 3:10 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	35 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	43 min
Jul 19, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	52 min
Jul 19, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	38 min
Jul 19, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	42 min
Jul 19, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	31 min
Jul 19, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	53 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.