Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2009, 6:59 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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 24, 2009, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2009, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Sioux County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 250059
TORBIS
NDC001-037-041-085-250130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0013.090625T0059Z-090625T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES. IT WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MOTT...OR 32
MILES NORTHWEST OF LEMMON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURT AROUND 720 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 4635 10263 4646 10254 4653 10226 4649 10168
4594 10155 4593 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 314DEG 21KT 4635 10244
$$
SCHECK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KBIS 250128
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
828 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
NDC001-037-041-085-250137-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090625T0130Z/
GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-ADAMS ND-SIOUX ND-
728 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...EASTERN ADAMS...
SOUTHEASTERN HETTINGER AND SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 730
PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING.
LAT...LON 4635 10263 4646 10254 4653 10226 4649 10168
4594 10155 4593 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 314DEG 21KT 4623 10226
$$
SCHECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams | 21 min |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.