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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2012, 8:59 PM CDT for Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 15 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 15, 2012, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 9:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Renville County, ND
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 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WFUS53 KBIS 160159 TORBIS NDC075-160230- /O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.120716T0159Z-120716T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 859 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF TOLLEY...OR 51 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TOLLEY...SHERWOOD...LORAINE AND MOHALL. 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 10150 4867 10151 4875 10202 4900 10202 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 279DEG 20KT 4886 10187 $$ AYD
1 follow-up statement
181 WWUS53 KBIS 160214 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 914 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NDC075-160224- /O.CAN.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120716T0230Z/ RENVILLE ND- 914 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582. LAT...LON 4900 10150 4867 10151 4875 10202 4900 10202 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 277DEG 20KT 4884 10175 $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burke | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 4:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more | 6 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.