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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 2014Kidder County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 7:54 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 90	Lake Isabel, ND	A PORTION OF ROOF BLOWN OFF A WELL BUILT HOME. POWER LINES ALONG HIGHWAY 3 ARE DOWN. NEARBY TOWN OF DAWSON WITHOUT POWER. WINDS ESTIMATED BASED ON DAMAGE TO HOME.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 244 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

705 
WFUS53 KBIS 190054
TORBIS
NDC043-190130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0021.140619T0054Z-140619T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON...OR 42 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LINTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT           
  INTERSTATE 94.

  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...
  DAWSON AROUND 805 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKE ISABEL.

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 4695 9989 4696 9967 4675 9968 4676 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 184DEG 19KT 4679 9976

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

032 
WWUS53 KBIS 190101
SVSBIS

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

NDC043-190130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140619T0130Z/
KIDDER ND-
801 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINTON...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 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.

THOSE IN DAWSON SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. 

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 4680 9968 4679 9983 4695 9989 4696 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 175DEG 26KT 4685 9976

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

$$

AYD

706 
WWUS53 KBIS 190117
SVSBIS

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

NDC043-190130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140619T0130Z/
KIDDER ND-
817 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIDDER COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...OR 46 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS OVER OR NEAR INTERSTATE 94 
BETWEEN STEELE AND TAPPEN.

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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 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 4683 9968 4682 9984 4695 9989 4696 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 169DEG 14KT 4689 9981

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

$$

AYD

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, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Kidder	27 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.