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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND

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

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 7:43 PM CDT for LaMoure County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 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, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties LaMoure County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

982 
WFUS53 KBIS 020043
TORBIS
NDC045-093-020115-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0009.140602T0043Z-140602T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTPELIER...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTH 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...
  MONTPELIER AND ADRIAN AROUND 815 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 4652 9845 4658 9882 4672 9881 4676 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 273DEG 8KT 4666 9868

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

$$

AYD
2 follow-up statements
906 
WWUS53 KBIS 020100
SVSBIS

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

NDC045-093-020115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140602T0115Z/
LAMOURE ND-STUTSMAN ND-
800 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL LAMOURE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ADRIAN...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...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...
  ADRIAN AROUND 810 PM CDT.
  DICKEY AROUND 815 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 4657 9877 4672 9873 4676 9843 4652 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 276DEG 7KT 4658 9858

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

$$

AYD
119 
WWUS53 KBIS 020115
SVSBIS

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

NDC045-093-020125-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140602T0115Z/
LAMOURE ND-STUTSMAN ND-
815 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL
LAMOURE 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.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4657 9877 4672 9873 4676 9843 4652 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 276DEG 7KT 4658 9854

$$

AYD/CK

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, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman30 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.