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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Stutsman | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | LaMoure | 34 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.