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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 2013Bowman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2013, 4:35 PM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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 3, 2013, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2013, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bowman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

894 
WFUS53 KBIS 032235
TORBIS
NDC011-032300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0002.130603T2235Z-130603T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
435 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDESTHE CITY OF BOWMAN

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 430 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO
  SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. MULTIPLE TRAINED      
           SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWMAN AT 
           415 PM MDT.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SCRANTON AROUND 445 PM MDT.
  GASCOYNE AROUND 450 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SCRANTON AND GASCOYNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4604 10345 4628 10346 4628 10314 4628 10299
      4600 10299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 280DEG 28KT 4614 10326

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TM

2 follow-up statements

740 
WWUS53 KBIS 032246
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
446 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013

NDC011-032300-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130603T2300Z/
BOWMAN ND-
446 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 444 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SCRANTON...OR 13 MILES EAST OF BOWMAN...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN BOWMAN
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 4603 10329 4628 10333 4628 10299 4600 10299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 280DEG 28KT 4612 10312

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TM/MM

067 
WWUS53 KBIS 032302
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
602 PM CDT MON JUN 3 2013

NDC011-032311-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130603T2300Z/
BOWMAN ND-
502 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BOWMAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT 
MOVES ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF 
HETTINGER.

LAT...LON 4603 10329 4628 10333 4628 10299 4600 10299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 280DEG 28KT 4612 10312

$$

JP MARTIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 11:04 AM MDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Foster, McHenry and 10 more	42 hr
Jun 3, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	58 min
Jun 3, 5:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Billings, Slope	33 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	44 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.