Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2011, 7:07 PM CDT for Kidder County, Logan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2011, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WFUS53 KBIS 080007 TORBIS NDC043-047-080030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0003.110608T0007Z-110608T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 707 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAPOLEON OR 45 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4657 9992 4674 9992 4681 9945 4647 9945 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 275DEG 35KT 4663 9985 $$ AYD
2 follow-up statements
872 WWUS53 KBIS 080015 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 NDC043-047-080030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110608T0030Z/ KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND- 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF NAPOLEON...OR 51 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LARGE HAIL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 4657 9992 4674 9992 4681 9945 4647 9945 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 276DEG 36KT 4661 9972 $$ AYD
825 WWUS53 KBIS 080026 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 726 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 NDC043-047-080036- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110608T0030Z/ KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND- 726 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4657 9992 4674 9992 4681 9945 4647 9945 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 274DEG 38KT 4665 9957 $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Renville, Ward | 66 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.