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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2014, 3:35 PM CDT for Mercer County, Morton County, Stark County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 21, 2014, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 3163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500
WFUS53 KBIS 212035
TORBIS
NDC057-059-089-212100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0028.140721T2035Z-140721T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
235 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT/400 PM CDT/
* AT 233 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHARDTON...OR 23 MILES EAST OF
DICKINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
HEBRON AROUND 400 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 4704 10204 4684 10192 4682 10237 4693 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 249DEG 24KT 4688 10229
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
COOPER2 follow-up statements
544
WWUS53 KBIS 212050
SVSBIS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
350 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014
NDC057-059-089-212100-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140721T2100Z/
MERCER ND-STARK ND-MORTON ND-
250 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON...
NORTHEASTERN STARK AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL 300
PM MDT/400 PM CDT/...
AT 247 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HEBRON...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BEULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HEBRON AROUND 355 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4684 10221 4696 10232 4704 10204 4684 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 248DEG 29KT 4693 10212
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
COOPER/AYD129 WWUS53 KBIS 212058 SVSBIS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 NDC057-059-089-212108- /O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140721T2100Z/ MERCER ND-STARK ND-MORTON ND- 258 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON...NORTHEASTERN STARK AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4684 10221 4696 10232 4704 10204 4684 10192 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 254DEG 29KT 4695 10202 $$ COOPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke, Divide | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke, Divide | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke, Renville | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 4:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh | 16 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Slope | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Rolette, Ward | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, McLean, Oliver, Sheridan, Wells | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton, Sioux | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, Sheridan, Stutsman, Wells | 65 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.