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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 18, 20144 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 7:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

087 
WFUS53 KBIS 190057
TORBIS
NDC021-045-047-051-190130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0022.140619T0057Z-140619T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KULM...OR 30 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ELLENDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KULM AROUND 805 PM CDT.

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 4653 9899 4632 9866 4618 9905 4626 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 221DEG 25KT 4626 9903

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

912 
WWUS53 KBIS 190107
SVSBIS

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

NDC021-045-047-051-190130-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140619T0130Z/
DICKEY ND-LAMOURE ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-
807 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN LAMOURE AND NORTHWESTERN DICKEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 807 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KULM...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLENDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MCINTOSH...NORTHWESTERN DICKEY...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
LAMOURE 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 4619 9901 4630 9915 4653 9899 4632 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 221DEG 25KT 4631 9896

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

$$

JP MARTIN

738 
WWUS53 KBIS 190134
SVSBIS

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

NDC021-045-047-051-190140-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140619T0130Z/
DICKEY ND-LAMOURE ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-
834 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN
LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN LAMOURE AND NORTHWESTERN DICKEY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD EDGELEY AND JUD.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR LOGAN AND MCINTOSH 
COUNTIES...AND FOR LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4619 9901 4630 9915 4653 9899 4632 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 221DEG 25KT 4631 9896

$$

JP MARTIN

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, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Kidder	36 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.