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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 6, 2013Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2013, 8:02 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2013, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

151 
WFUS53 KBIS 070102
TORBIS
NDC043-070130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.130707T0102Z-130707T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
802 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 800 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF TUTTLE...OR 49 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF BISMARCK....AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  ROBINSON.

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 4724 10010 4733 10003 4733 9992 4727 9966
      4710 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 301DEG 21KT 4727 9997

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

JONES
2 follow-up statements
130 
WWUS53 KBIS 070114
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
814 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

NDC043-070130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130707T0130Z/
KIDDER ND-
814 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIDDER
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUTTLE...OR 51 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROBINSON AROUND 830 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 4722 10005 4733 9992 4727 9966 4710 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 301DEG 21KT 4724 9989

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

JONES
003 
WWUS53 KBIS 070126
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
826 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

NDC043-070136-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130707T0130Z/
KIDDER ND-
826 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 4722 10005 4733 9992 4727 9966 4710 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 301DEG 21KT 4720 9980

$$

JONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells60 min
Jul 6, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells56 min
Jul 6, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman62 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.