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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 7, 2016Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Bottineau County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 3:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Wnw Newburg, ND	LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. .
Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 W Russell, ND	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY LAW ENFORCMENT.
Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Ene Maxbass, ND	LAWN COVERED IN HAIL WITH A FEW QUARTER SIZED HAIL. SPOTTER MAY HAVE ALSO SEEN A FUNNEL BUT WAS NOT SURE.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

346 
WFUS53 KBIS 072017
TORBIS
NDC009-072045-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0015.160707T2017Z-160707T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
    
* AT 316 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAXBASS...OR 19 MILES EAST OF
  MOHALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWBURG AROUND 345 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RUSSELL.

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 4867 10119 4880 10123 4890 10083 4864 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 261DEG 12KT 4875 10109 

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

$$

CJS

2 follow-up statements

852 
WWUS53 KBIS 072031
SVSBIS

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

NDC009-072045-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160707T2045Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
331 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOTTINEAU COUNTY...
    
AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBURG...OR 22 MILES EAST OF MOHALL...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWBURG AROUND 345 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RUSSELL AND ECKMAN.

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 4866 10111 4882 10114 4890 10083 4864 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 268DEG 12KT 4874 10101 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CJS

103 
WWUS53 KBIS 072038
SVSBIS

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

NDC009-072045-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160707T2045Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
338 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOTTINEAU COUNTY...
    
AT 338 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBURG...OR 23
MILES EAST OF MOHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
RUSSELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4869 10107 4883 10109 4890 10083 4864 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 297DEG 8KT 4873 10100 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Renville	24 min
Jul 7, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	36 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

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.