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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
- Jul 17, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dickey County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:42 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Fullerton, ND | STORM CHASER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS BEFORE IT BECAME RAIN WRAPPED. COULD NOT TELL IF TOUCHED DOWN. |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 W Oakes, ND | COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS 3 WEST OF OAKES. |
| Jul 17, 7:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Fullerton, ND | REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER OF FUNNEL WITH DEBRIS 3 N OF FULLERTON BUT WAS BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 5718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WFUS53 KBIS 172328 TORBIS NDC021-180030- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0066.110717T2328Z-110718T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 628 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR BERLIN...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FULLERTON AROUND 645 PM CDT. OAKES AROUND 715 PM CDT. GUELPH AROUND 720 PM CDT. 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. && LAT...LON 4593 9799 4593 9844 4629 9866 4629 9800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 322DEG 21KT 4630 9846 $$ VINING
2 follow-up statements
854 WWUS53 KBIS 180000 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 NDC021-180030- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110718T0030Z/ DICKEY ND- 700 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR FULLERTON. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULLERTON...OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4593 9799 4593 9844 4629 9866 4629 9800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 319DEG 15KT 4630 9838 $$ VINING
843 WWUS53 KBIS 180032 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 732 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 NDC021-180039- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110718T0030Z/ DICKEY ND- 732 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN DICKEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT.... THE STORM IN EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY...AROUND FULLERTON...WEAKENED. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DICKEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT. THIS IS THE MERRICOURT AREA. LAT...LON 4593 9799 4593 9844 4629 9866 4629 9800 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 319DEG 15KT 4620 9825 $$ JP MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 1:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 18 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Ward | 9 days |
| Jul 17, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 16 min |
| Jul 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 30 min |
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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.