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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashley, ND | SPOTTER REPORTED NO POWER...ROOF OF BARN GONE...FULLY GROWN TREES OUT OF THE GROUND...LOST OF CAFE SHELTER. |
| Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashley, ND | SPOTTER REPORTED NO POWER...ROOF OF BARN GONE...FULLY GROWN TREES OUT OF THE GROUND...LOST OF CALF SHELTER. |
| Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Ashley, ND | ROOF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
AYD1 follow-up statement
057
WWUS53 KBIS 190033
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
733 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
NDC021-051-190045-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140619T0045Z/
DICKEY ND-MCINTOSH ND-
733 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND
SOUTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ASHLEY...OR 32 MILES WEST OF ELLENDALE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORBES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4594 9927 4608 9930 4617 9880 4593 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 260DEG 22KT 4604 9917
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Stutsman | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 3:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Emmons | 56 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 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.