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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 2014Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 7:48 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2014, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kidder County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 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.

914 
WFUS53 KBIS 190048
TORBIS
NDC043-190115-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0020.140619T0048Z-140619T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF STREETER...OR 42 MILES WEST OF
  JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTH 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 BE NEAR...
  TAPPEN AROUND 810 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

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 9961 4696 9970 4697 9944 4685 9944
      4666 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 181DEG 30KT 4671 9954

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

$$

AYD

2 follow-up statements

076 
WWUS53 KBIS 190059
SVSBIS

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

NDC043-190115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140619T0115Z/
KIDDER ND-
759 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAPPEN...OR 40 MILES WEST OF
JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTH 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 BE NEAR...
  TAPPEN AROUND 810 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

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 4696 9970 4697 9944 4676 9945 4674 9946
      4674 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 183DEG 31KT 4680 9953

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

$$

AYD

553 
WWUS53 KBIS 190110
SVSBIS

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

NDC043-190115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140619T0115Z/
KIDDER ND-
810 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF TAPPEN...OR 38 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER OR NEAR 
INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN TAPPEN AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

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 EAST CENTRAL
KIDDER 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 4696 9970 4697 9944 4684 9945 4684 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 183DEG 28KT 4688 9951

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, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	30 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.