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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2013, 3:57 PM MDT for Adams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 27, 2013, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2013, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Adams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096
WFUS53 KBIS 272157
TORBIS
NDC001-272230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0015.130827T2157Z-130827T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
357 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 355 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF HAYNES...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LEMMON....AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ADAMS 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 4621 10235 4617 10224 4606 10222 4602 10263
4614 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 255DEG 19KT 4609 10249
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
676
WWUS53 KBIS 272208
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
508 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013
NDC001-272230-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130827T2230Z/
ADAMS ND-
408 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM MDT...
AT 404 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF HAYNES...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LEMMON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 10259 4621 10235 4617 10224 4606 10222
4603 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 254DEG 19KT 4611 10240
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AYD304
WWUS53 KBIS 272220
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
520 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013
NDC001-272230-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130827T2230Z/
ADAMS ND-
420 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM
CDT/430 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...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4615 10259 4621 10235 4617 10224 4606 10222
4603 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 254DEG 23KT 4613 10232
$$
AYDWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 27, 2:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 MAIN CONCERN THIS PERIOD WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS. UNSTABLE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE CLOUD AREA ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BEGINNING TO FIRE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. SUPPORT FOR THIS APPEARS TO BE A WEAK IMPULSE IN THE TROPICAL PLUME ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ALSO FORMING A LIFT REGION. FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WILL AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. GFS/NAM APPEAR TO HAVE A REASONABLE HANDLE OF THE CONVECTION SO FAR. MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION SHIFTS TO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS N WEDNESDAY AS A MCS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 249 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 THE FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM IS ON POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...THEN TEMPERATURE TRENDS WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER RIDGE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS STILL PROGGED TO TOP THE RIDGE AND MOVE INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH THE MOIST AIR STILL IN PLACE AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEDNESDAY. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DECENT SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. ALSO WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH AND HALF WEST TO AROUND 2.00 INCHES NEAR BISMARCK...WHICH ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WILL GIVE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BY SATURDAY...THE LATEST 12 UTC MODEL CONSENSUS HAS THE UPPER AIR PATTERN TRANSITIONING TO NORTHWEST FLOW OVER NORTH DAKOTA...PROVIDING COOLER HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HOWEVER LOOKING BEYOND THE EXTENDED FORECAST THE 12 UTC GFS AND ECMWF HAVE YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING BACK IN LATE MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 FOR THE 18Z TAF PERIOD...THE HAZARDS TO AVIATION CENTER ON THUNDERSTORMS. AT 3 PM CDT...A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WAS PULLING A TROPICAL PLUME OF MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND EASTERN MONTANA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE FELT AT KDIK- KBIS...BUT KMOT-KJMS WILL EVENTUALLY SEE A THUNDERSTORM THREAT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. VFR EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...WAA LONG TERM...MM AVIATION...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 2:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 334 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 NDZ001>005-009>013-022-023-025-036-037-048-051-282045- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE- DICKEY- 334 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-282045- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 234 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES MAINLY IN THE LOW 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ017>021-034-035-042-045>047-050-282045- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 334 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 /234 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES MAINLY IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. WAA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 230 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 NDZ043-044-272000- ADAMS ND-BOWMAN ND- 130 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY.. AT 127 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCYRUS TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWMAN HALEY DAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BUCYRUS... HETTINGER... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AYD
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 241 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 NDZ041-043-044-272130- ADAMS ND-BOWMAN ND-HETTINGER ND- 241 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS HETTINGER...SOUTHEASTERN BOWMAN AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES... AT 238 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOTT TO 6 MILES EAST OF BOWMAN HALEY DAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... GASCOYNE... REEDER... REGENT... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. AYD
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:45 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 445 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 NDZ033-034-272215- MORTON ND-STARK ND- 345 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND EASTERN STARK COUNTIES... AT 342 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF RICHARDTON...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... RICHARDTON... HEBRON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Williams | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 2:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Sioux | 59 min |
Nearby
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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.