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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT for Kidder County, Logan County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 8, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
138
WFUS53 KBIS 090230
TORBIS
NDC043-047-093-090315-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0034.110709T0230Z-110709T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.
* AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNSTAD...OR 51 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STREETER AND GACKLE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
OVER 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4672 9956 4677 9913 4640 9905 4630 9960
4655 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 243DEG 27KT 4645 9953
$$
HAMILTON3 follow-up statements
571
WWUS53 KBIS 090243
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
943 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
NDC043-047-093-090315-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110709T0315Z/
KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-STUTSMAN ND-
943 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN...
LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNSTAD...OR 45 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STREETER AND GACKLE.
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4660 9956 4673 9950 4677 9913 4640 9905
4630 9960 4649 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 252DEG 27KT 4648 9939
$$
HAMILTON507
WWUS53 KBIS 090301
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1001 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
NDC043-047-093-090315-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110709T0315Z/
KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-STUTSMAN ND-
1001 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN...
LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GACKLE...OR 38 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GACKLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4660 9956 4673 9950 4677 9913 4640 9905
4630 9960 4649 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 252DEG 27KT 4652 9920
$$
HAMILTON314
WWUS53 KBIS 090315
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1015 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
NDC043-047-093-090325-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110709T0315Z/
KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-STUTSMAN ND-
1015 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STUTSMAN...LOGAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
LAT...LON 4660 9956 4673 9950 4677 9913 4640 9905
4630 9960 4649 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 252DEG 27KT 4652 9920
$$
HAMILTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Ward | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 11 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan, Stutsman | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux, Stutsman | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 11 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 12 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 5 hr |
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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.