Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2009, 2:02 PM MDT for Dunn County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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 16, 2009, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2009, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dunn County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 162002 TORBIS NDC025-162030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0003.090616T2002Z-090616T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 202 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 230 PM MDT * AT 201 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HALLIDAY...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HALLIDAY AROUND 210 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. && LAT...LON 4735 10246 4751 10237 4741 10221 4728 10228 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 102DEG 7KT 4736 10231 $$ SIMOSKO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KBIS 162020 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009 NDC025-162030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090616T2030Z/ DUNN ND- 220 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR EASTERN DUNN COUNTY... AT 219 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALLIDAY...OR 39 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 4736 10224 4729 10230 4735 10246 4751 10237 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 102DEG 7KT 4737 10236 $$ SIMOSKO
000 WWUS53 KBIS 162028 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 328 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009 NDC025-162038- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090616T2030Z/ DUNN ND- 228 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DUNN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 4736 10224 4729 10230 4735 10246 4751 10237 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 102DEG 7KT 4737 10238 $$ SIMOSKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 7:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 9:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:09 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 61 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Morton | 36 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:50 AM MDT | Flood Watch | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sioux | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stark | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dunn, Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 6 hr |
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.