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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
JONES2 follow-up statements
130
WWUS53 KBIS 070114
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
814 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
NDC043-070130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130707T0130Z/
KIDDER ND-
814 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIDDER
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUTTLE...OR 51 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BISMARCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBINSON AROUND 830 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4722 10005 4733 9992 4727 9966 4710 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 301DEG 21KT 4724 9989
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JONES003 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 62 min |
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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.