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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 2014Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT for Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 18, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Dickey County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAshley, NDSPOTTER REPORTED NO POWER...ROOF OF BARN GONE...FULLY GROWN TREES OUT OF THE GROUND...LOST OF CAFE SHELTER.
Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAshley, NDSPOTTER REPORTED NO POWER...ROOF OF BARN GONE...FULLY GROWN TREES OUT OF THE GROUND...LOST OF CALF SHELTER.
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Ashley, NDROOF DAMAGE ON A POLE BARN. TORE ONE PANEL OUT AND ANOTHER WAS LIFTED. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

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

956 
WFUS53 KBIS 190015
TORBIS
NDC021-051-190045-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0018.140619T0015Z-140619T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
715 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLEY...OR 39 MILES WEST OF ELLENDALE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  MCINTOSH AND SOUTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTIES.

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 4606 9943 4617 9880 4593 9873 4593 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 262DEG 32KT 4597 9928

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

$$

AYD
1 follow-up statement
057 
WWUS53 KBIS 190033
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
733 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NDC021-051-190045-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140619T0045Z/
DICKEY ND-MCINTOSH ND-
733 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND
SOUTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ASHLEY...OR 32 MILES WEST OF ELLENDALE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
FORBES.

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 4594 9927 4608 9930 4617 9880 4593 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 260DEG 22KT 4604 9917

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey, McIntosh37 min
Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder27 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder36 min
Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh33 min
Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder30 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Stutsman39 min
Jun 18, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure66 min
Jun 18, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells61 min
Jun 18, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman26 min
Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISDickey, LaMoure6 hr
Jun 18, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster, Stutsman59 min
Jun 18, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster, Stutsman55 min
Jun 19, 3:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISEmmons56 hr
Jun 19, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant61 min
Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant27 min
Jun 19, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux37 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.