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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 7, 2016Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 7, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Bottineau County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.

463 
WFUS53 KBIS 072044
TORBIS
NDC009-072115-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0016.160707T2044Z-160707T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
344 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 415 PM CDT

* AT 344 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NEWBURG...OR
  23 MILES WEST OF BOTTINEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...KRAMER AND ECKMAN.

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 4887 10061 4863 10059 4863 10108 4883 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 297DEG 17KT 4871 10094 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CJS

3 follow-up statements

673 
WWUS53 KBIS 072057
SVSBIS

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

NDC009-072115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160707T2115Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
357 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOTTINEAU COUNTY...
    
AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBURG...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOTTINEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWBURG...RUSSELL...KRAMER 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 4887 10061 4863 10059 4863 10108 4880 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 297DEG 17KT 4868 10085 

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

$$

CJS

884 
WWUS53 KBIS 072107
SVSBIS

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

NDC009-072115-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160707T2115Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
407 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOTTINEAU COUNTY...
    
AT 407 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF NEWBURG...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KRAMER.

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 4887 10061 4863 10059 4863 10088 4882 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 268DEG 15KT 4871 10079 

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

$$

CJS

619 
WWUS53 KBIS 072117
SVSBIS

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

NDC009-072126-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160707T2115Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
417 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF PENNIES IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH
PARTS OF CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4887 10061 4863 10059 4863 10088 4882 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 297DEG 17KT 4871 10079 

$$

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, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.