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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 4, 2014Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 3:58 PM MDT for Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2014, 3:58 PM MDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Hettinger County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 160 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

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 4:12 PM MDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 S Havelock, ND	REPORT RELAYED THROUGH STATE RADIO. FUNNEL CLOUD PICTURES ON NWS BISMARCK FACEBOOK PAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 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.

867 
WFUS53 KBIS 042158
TORBIS
NDC041-042230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0011.140604T2158Z-140604T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
358 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 356 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND...OR 27 MILES
  NORTH OF HETTINGER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REGENT AND HAVELOCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE 
CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. 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 4628 10292 4646 10293 4647 10293 4651 10249
      4629 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 261DEG 18KT 4637 10283

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

$$

HEINERT

2 follow-up statements

028 
WWUS53 KBIS 042212
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
512 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDC041-042230-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140604T2230Z/
HETTINGER ND-
412 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HETTINGER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM MDT...

AT 412 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF REGENT...OR 26 MILES NORTH OF
HETTINGER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REGENT.

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 4629 10289 4644 10290 4646 10286 4651 10249
      4629 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 261DEG 18KT 4638 10272

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HEINERT

509 
WWUS53 KBIS 042222
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
522 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

NDC041-042230-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140604T2230Z/
HETTINGER ND-
422 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HETTINGER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM MDT...

AT 417 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REGENT...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF
HETTINGER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REGENT.

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 4629 10279 4639 10279 4644 10276 4647 10248
      4629 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 273DEG 32KT 4634 10265

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	32 min
Jun 4, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	67 min
Jun 4, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	36 min
Jun 4, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	25 min
Jun 4, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	14 min
Jun 4, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	21 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	37 min
Jun 4, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	27 min
Jun 4, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	26 min
Jun 4, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	51 min
Jun 4, 4:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	31 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	27 min
Jun 4, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	33 min
Jun 4, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	65 min
Jun 4, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	43 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	30 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	6 hr
Jun 4, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.