Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 6:54 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2012, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bottineau County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723
WFUS53 KBIS 172354
TORBIS
NDC009-180030-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0004.120617T2354Z-120618T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
654 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 650 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 WESTHOPE...OR 26 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LANDA AROUND 700 PM CDT.
ROTH AROUND 710 PM CDT.
SOURIS AROUND 720 PM CDT.
CARBURY AROUND 730 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4899 10042 4874 10055 4898 10113 4901 10110
4901 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 287DEG 26KT 4898 10093
$$
TARDIF-HUBER3 follow-up statements
634
WWUS53 KBIS 180012
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
NDC009-180030-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120618T0030Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
712 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROTH...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SOURIS AROUND 720 PM CDT.
CARBURY AROUND 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4899 10042 4874 10055 4898 10113 4901 10110
4901 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 285DEG 25KT 4895 10075
$$
TARDIF-HUBER375
WWUS53 KBIS 180020
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
720 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
NDC009-180030-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120618T0030Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
720 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOURIS...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOTTINEAU...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARBURY AROUND 730 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4900 10081 4901 10057 4899 10042 4874 10055
4886 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 285DEG 25KT 4892 10066
$$
TARDIF-HUBER609
WWUS53 KBIS 180028
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
728 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
NDC009-180038-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120618T0030Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
728 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4900 10081 4901 10057 4899 10042 4874 10055
4886 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 285DEG 25KT 4887 10060
$$
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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.