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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 16, 2009Dunn County, North Dakota

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2009-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2009-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder6 hr
Jun 15, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton55 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Morton3 hr
Jun 15, 7:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISBurleigh, Morton4 hr
Jun 15, 7:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMorton3 hr
Jun 15, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh58 min
Jun 15, 9:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMorton3 hr
Jun 15, 10:09 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISBurleigh61 hr
Jun 15, 11:56 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Morton36 hr
Jun 16, 9:50 AM MDTFlood WatchBISDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman9 hr
Jun 16, 12:17 PM MDTTornado WarningBISSioux28 min
Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDTTornado WarningBISStark31 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISDunn, Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark6 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.