Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:20 PM CDT for McLean County, Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KBIS 040121 TORBIS NDC055-057-040145- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0009.080604T0120Z-080604T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 820 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/ * AT 714 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA...OR 54 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA AND DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA BY 735 PM MDT... HAZEN BAY RECREATION AREA AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF EMMET BY 845 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. LAT...LON 4783 10144 4742 10104 4735 10201 4754 10214 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 247DEG 28KT 4747 10194 $$ PJA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 040129 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 828 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NDC055-057-040145- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080604T0145Z/ MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND- 828 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN MERCER AND CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTIES... AT 724 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA...OR 18 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TWIN BUTTES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAKOTA WATERS RECREATION AREA BY 735 PM MDT... BEULAH BAY RECREATION AREA BY 740 PM MDT... HAZEN BAY RECREATION AREA AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF EMMET BY 845 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUATER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4742 10104 4738 10197 4757 10207 4783 10144 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 247DEG 28KT 4747 10186 $$ PJA
000 WWUS53 KBIS 040144 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 843 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NDC055-057-040153- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080604T0145Z/ MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND- 843 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MERCER AND CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT OR 745 PM MDT... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LARGE HAIL IS STILL LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF A TORNADO. LAT...LON 4742 10104 4738 10197 4757 10207 4783 10144 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 247DEG 28KT 4124 15392 $$ PJA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Williams | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Ward | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 4:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 6 hr |
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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.