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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 16, 2014Stark County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 8:25 PM MDT for Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 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 16, 2014, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 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.

801 
WFUS53 KBIS 170225
TORBIS
NDC089-170300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0017.140617T0225Z-140617T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 822 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
  LEFOR...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  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.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHERN LEFOR AROUND 900 PM MDT.

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 4665 10288 4683 10287 4685 10241 4663 10243
      4663 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 273DEG 13KT 4673 10274

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

SCHECK/MM

2 follow-up statements

166 
WWUS53 KBIS 170244
SVSBIS

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

NDC089-170300-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140617T0300Z/
STARK ND-
844 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014

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

AT 841 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEFOR...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DICKINSON...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 BE NEAR...
  NORTHERN LEFOR AROUND 900 PM MDT.

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 4666 10284 4683 10281 4685 10241 4663 10243
      4663 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 273DEG 13KT 4673 10263

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

$$

SCHECK/MM

322 
WWUS53 KBIS 170254
SVSBIS

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

NDC089-170304-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140617T0300Z/
STARK ND-
854 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000
PM CDT/900 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4666 10284 4683 10281 4685 10241 4663 10243
      4663 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 273DEG 13KT 4673 10258

$$

SCHECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	32 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Golden Valley	32 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	63 min
Jun 16, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	59 min
Jun 16, 7:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stark	36 min
Jun 16, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	60 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	61 min
Jun 16, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	45 min
Jun 16, 10:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark	66 min
Jun 16, 10:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	64 min
Jun 16, 11:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	56 min
Jun 17, 12:26 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	34 min
Jun 17, 4:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more	10 hr

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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.