Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2011, 8:44 PM CDT for LaMoure County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties LaMoure County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
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WFUS53 KBIS 080144
TORBIS
NDC045-093-080215-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0004.110608T0144Z-110608T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
844 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.
* AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF DICKEY OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION.
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 4652 9863 4670 9863 4670 9843 4664 9843
4664 9803 4662 9802 4649 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 270DEG 37KT 4660 9844
$$
AYD3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KBIS 080151
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
NDC093-080201-
/O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T0215Z/
STUTSMAN ND-
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4649 9803 4652 9843 4664 9842 4664 9803
4662 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 274DEG 41KT 4657 9829
$$
NDC045-080215-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T0215Z/
LAMOURE ND-
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY.
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 4649 9803 4652 9843 4664 9842 4664 9803
4662 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 274DEG 41KT 4657 9829
$$
AYD694
WWUS53 KBIS 080159
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
859 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
NDC045-080215-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T0215Z/
LAMOURE ND-
859 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...OR 27 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4649 9803 4653 9837 4664 9838 4664 9803
4662 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 276DEG 44KT 4657 9818
$$
AYD025
WWUS53 KBIS 080209
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
909 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
NDC045-080219-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T0215Z/
LAMOURE ND-
909 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT/815 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 SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4649 9803 4653 9837 4664 9838 4664 9803
4662 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 275DEG 43KT 4656 9800
$$
AYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Renville, Ward | 66 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.