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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 2026Burke County, Renville County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2026, 9:03 PM CDT for Burke County, Renville County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2026, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2026, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Burke County, ND, Renville County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 1642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

399 
WFUS53 KBIS 080203
TORBIS
NDC013-075-080230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.TO.W.0002.260608T0203Z-260608T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
903 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Renville County in north central North Dakota...
  Northeastern Burke County in northwestern North Dakota...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 903 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 12 miles north of
  Bowbells, or 47 miles north of Stanley, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Northgate.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building
away from 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 10204 4897 10232 4900 10231 4900 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 209DEG 45KT 4897 10219

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Johnson

2 follow-up statements

541 
WWUS53 KBIS 080209
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
909 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

NDC013-075-080230-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260608T0230Z/
Burke ND-Renville ND-
909 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES...

At 909 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 17 miles northeast of
Bowbells, or 51 miles north of Stanley, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

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.

Locations impacted include...
  Northgate.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building
away from 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 4892 10202 4899 10227 4900 10226 4900 10191
      4891 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 222DEG 47KT 4898 10217

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Johnson

845 
WWUS53 KBIS 080227
SVSBIS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
927 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

NDC013-075-080237-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260608T0230Z/
Burke ND-Renville ND-
927 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES...

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT
Sunday for portions of north central and northwest North Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4892 10202 4899 10227 4900 10226 4900 10191
      4891 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 222DEG 47KT 4903 10210

$$

Johnson

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	58 min
Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	48 min
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Stark	59 min
Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	53 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	65 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	65 min
Jun 7, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	67 min
Jun 7, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	64 min
Jun 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail	58 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Stark	52 min
Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	33 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	56 min
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 1 more	54 min
Jun 7, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark	42 min
Jun 7, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Divide	22 min
Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux	64 min
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	39 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail and 2 more	60 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	33 min
Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	58 min
Jun 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Ward	47 min
Jun 7, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, McLean, Mercer and 3 more	82 min
Jun 7, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	53 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver and 1 more	43 min
Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	63 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan and 1 more	77 min
Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Sioux	49 min
Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	25 min
Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	57 min
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	42 min
Jun 8, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	52 min
Jun 8, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	43 min
Jun 8, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	35 min
Jun 8, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	29 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.