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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 28, 2008Burleigh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2008, 9:17 PM CDT for Burleigh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 28, 2008, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Burleigh County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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
Jul 28, 9:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	12 Nne Bismarck, ND	TORNADO AND PEA SIZE HAIL. 2 MILES NORTH EAST OF BALDWIN

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
Jul 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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: 4093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.8
Supercell composite: 26.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 290217
TORBIS
NDC015-290245-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0040.080729T0217Z-080729T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
917 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BALDWIN...
  OR 17 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTH OF MENOKEN BY 945 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4693 10024 4674 10048 4698 10088 4708 10084
      4711 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 307DEG 22KT 4704 10077

$$

HEINERT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 290230
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

NDC015-290245-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080729T0245Z/
BURLEIGH ND-
930 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BURLEIGH COUNTY...

AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MENOKEN...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTH OF MENOKEN AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCKENZIE BY 945
  PM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4693 10072 4703 10070 4706 10061 4693 10024
      4674 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 306DEG 25KT 4700 10063

$$

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	65 min
Jul 28, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	61 min
Jul 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	51 min
Jul 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	54 min
Jul 28, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	49 min
Jul 28, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	32 min
Jul 28, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	49 min
Jul 28, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	12 min
Jul 28, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Logan	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver	63 min
Jul 28, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Logan	37 min
Jul 28, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	47 min
Jul 28, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Oliver	59 min
Jul 28, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	32 min
Jul 28, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh	29 min
Jul 28, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	27 min
Jul 28, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	51 min
Jul 28, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	40 min
Jul 28, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	15 min
Jul 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	65 min
Jul 28, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	53 min
Jul 28, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	33 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.