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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 24, 2009Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2009, 5:28 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 24, 2009, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 24, 5:28 PM MDT	TORNADO	8 S Belfield, ND	SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 85 BETWEEN 7 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BELFIELD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KBIS 242328
TORBIS
NDC089-250000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0008.090624T2328Z-090625T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
528 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 529 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH HEART...OR 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN STARK
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4673 10322 4680 10323 4690 10312 4668 10265
      4663 10274 4663 10315 4672 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 308DEG 22KT 4677 10309

$$

AYD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242334
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
634 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009

NDC089-250000-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090625T0000Z/
STARK ND-
534 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
STARK COUNTY...

AT 533 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO...WHICH WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY SEVERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
SCHEFIELD...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
  STARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SCHEFIELD.

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.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4673 10322 4680 10323 4688 10314 4668 10265
      4663 10274 4663 10315 4672 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 308DEG 22KT 4675 10306

$$

SCHECK

000 
WWUS53 KBIS 242358
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
658 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009

NDC089-250007-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090625T0000Z/
STARK ND-
558 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN STARK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM
MDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA...AND LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE IS STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4673 10322 4680 10323 4688 10314 4668 10265
      4663 10274 4663 10315 4672 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 308DEG 22KT 4666 10290

$$

SCHECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope	22 min
Jun 24, 7:21 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	39 min
Jun 24, 7:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger, Slope	60 min
Jun 24, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	66 min
Jun 24, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	41 min
Jun 24, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie	59 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, Stark	46 min
Jun 24, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	58 min
Jun 24, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	46 min
Jun 24, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	64 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	46 min
Jun 24, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	63 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.