Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2019, 6:35 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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 15, 2019, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Dickey County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925
WFUS53 KBIS 152335
TORBIS
NDC021-160000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0003.190615T2335Z-190616T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
635 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Dickey County in southeastern North Dakota...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles west of Fullerton, or 11 miles north of
Ellendale, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Fullerton around 700 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Monango.
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 4613 9865 4625 9856 4623 9834 4606 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 289DEG 10KT 4617 9855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SIMOSKO2 follow-up statements
116
WWUS53 KBIS 152344
SVSBIS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
644 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019
NDC021-160000-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190616T0000Z/
Dickey ND-
644 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DICKEY COUNTY...
At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fullerton, or 10 miles north of Ellendale, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Fullerton around 700 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9861 4624 9850 4623 9834 4606 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 289DEG 10KT 4616 9851
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SIMOSKO645
WWUS53 KBIS 152355
SVSBIS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
655 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019
NDC021-160004-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190616T0000Z/
Dickey ND-
655 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DICKEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4611 9861 4624 9850 4623 9834 4606 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 289DEG 10KT 4615 9848
$$
SIMOSKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Kidder | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.