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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 16, 2014Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:09 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 16, 2014, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:11 PM MDTHAIL 21 Se South Heart, NDREPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. HAIL SIZE ESTIMATED FROM PHOTO.
Jun 16, 7:15 PM MDTHAIL 2.753 Se South Heart, NDMOSTLY QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH SOME BASEBALL SIZED HAIL

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2014-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 2014-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 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
0.2

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The text

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

789 
WFUS53 KBIS 170109
TORBIS
NDC089-170145-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0016.140617T0109Z-140617T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
709 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 706 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
  DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
  STARK COUNTY BETWEEN SOUTH HEART AND THE DICKINSON AIRPORT. 

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 4693 10284 4675 10282 4678 10309 4691 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 263DEG 12KT 4683 10297

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

$$

AYD
2 follow-up statements
068 
WWUS53 KBIS 170118
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
818 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

NDC089-170145-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/
STARK ND-
718 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM MDT...

AT 715 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH HEART...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL STARK
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 4688 10303 4690 10284 4675 10282 4677 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 274DEG 10KT 4680 10294

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

$$

AYD
159 
WWUS53 KBIS 170144
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
844 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

NDC089-170154-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140617T0145Z/
STARK ND-
744 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM
CDT/745 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 4688 10303 4690 10284 4675 10282 4677 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 274DEG 10KT 4679 10283

$$

SCHECK/MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISHettinger32 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley32 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark63 min
Jun 16, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley59 min
Jun 16, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStark60 min
Jun 16, 8:25 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISStark35 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark61 min
Jun 16, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Stark45 min
Jun 16, 10:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark66 min
Jun 16, 10:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger64 min
Jun 16, 11:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton56 min
Jun 17, 12:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSlope34 min
Jun 17, 4:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more10 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.