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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 1, 2014Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT for Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 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 Foster County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2014-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2014-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

634 
WFUS53 KBIS 020015
TORBIS
NDC031-093-020045-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0007.140602T0015Z-140602T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
715 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTH CENTRAL STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARRINGTON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
  CENTRAL STUTSMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MELVILLE.

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 4747 9895 4725 9893 4726 9925 4740 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 256DEG 7KT 4732 9916

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

$$

AYD
2 follow-up statements
304 
WWUS53 KBIS 020024
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
724 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

NDC031-093-020045-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0045Z/
FOSTER ND-STUTSMAN ND-
724 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL STUTSMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN FOSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MELVILLE AND BORDULAC.

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 4747 9895 4725 9893 4726 9925 4740 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 266DEG 9KT 4732 9914

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

AYD
457 
WWUS53 KBIS 020044
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

NDC031-093-020055-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0045Z/
FOSTER ND-STUTSMAN ND-
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STUTSMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
FOSTER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4747 9895 4725 9893 4726 9925 4740 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 266DEG 9KT 4732 9906

$$

AYD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman30 min
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure, Stutsman32 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman31 min
Jun 1, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons29 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStutsman6 hr
Jun 1, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLaMoure34 min

Nearby

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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.