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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 1, 2014Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 7:41 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Eldridge, ND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

983 
WFUS53 KBIS 020030
TORBIS
NDC093-020100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0008.140602T0030Z-140602T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...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 BE NEAR...
  JAMESTOWN AROUND 755 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 9865 4685 9864 4688 9892 4701 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 266DEG 9KT 4693 9883

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

$$

AYD
1 follow-up statement
612 
WWUS53 KBIS 020049
SVSBIS

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

NDC093-020100-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140602T0100Z/
STUTSMAN ND-
749 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STUTSMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELDRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMESTOWN AROUND 800 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 4688 9887 4701 9889 4704 9865 4685 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 264DEG 7KT 4693 9880

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

$$

AYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman30 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

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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.