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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND
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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:41 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.