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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 7, 2016Renville County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT for Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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: Jul 7, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Renville County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
Jul 7, 2:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Loraine, ND	RELAYED FROM THE BOTTINEAU SHERIFFS OFFICE, A LOCAL FARMER SAW TWO TORNADOES THAT TOUCHED DOWN.
Jul 7, 2:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Loraine, ND	RELAYED FROM THE BOTTINEAU SHERIFFS OFFICE, TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS TOUCHED DOWN 6 MILES WEST OF LORAINE, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

330 
WFUS53 KBIS 071921
TORBIS
NDC075-071945-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0014.160707T1921Z-160707T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
221 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MOHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERWOOD AROUND 245 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LORAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4882 10150 4878 10189 4892 10197 4900 10177
      4900 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 245DEG 20KT 4887 10181 

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

$$

CJS

2 follow-up statements

851 
WWUS53 KBIS 071933
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
233 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

NDC075-071945-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160707T1945Z/
RENVILLE ND-
233 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...
    
AT 233 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHERWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MOHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 229 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED
         THE EARLIER FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM HAS DISSIPATED.
         HOWEVER...A TORNADO COULD STILL FORM.

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

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERWOOD AROUND 240 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LORAINE.

LAT...LON 4882 10150 4878 10189 4892 10197 4900 10177
      4900 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 259DEG 30KT 4886 10173 

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

$$

CJS

839 
WWUS53 KBIS 071946
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
246 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

NDC075-071956-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160707T1945Z/
RENVILLE ND-
246 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4882 10150 4878 10189 4892 10197 4900 10177
      4900 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 245DEG 20KT 4886 10173 

$$

CJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Morton, Sioux	64 min
Jul 6, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	62 min
Jul 6, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	38 min
Jul 7, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	35 min
Jul 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	36 min
Jul 7, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	28 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Bottineau	31 min
Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Jul 7, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	45 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	30 min
Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	40 min
Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	45 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.