Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2007, 4:16 AM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, Ransom County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 17, 2007, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:30 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 18 W Leonard, ND | A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT A MILE NORTHWEST OF ENDERLIN AND TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO RANSOM COUNTY BY 432 AM CDT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK FOR ABOUT ONE MORE MILE ACROSS THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY AIRPORT AND THE NORTH END OF ENDERLIN. TOTAL TR |
| Jun 17, 4:32 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | Enderlin, ND | A WEAK TORNADO CROSSED FROM CASS COUNTY INTO RANSOM COUNTY NEAR THE ENDERLIN CITY AIRPORT. IT TRACKED FOR ABOUT ONE MILE TO THE EAST SOUTH-EAST ACROSS THE NORTH END OF TOWN. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED OFF THE EAST END OF TOWN BY 435 AM CDT. METAL ROOFING WAS TORN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 170916
TORFGF
NDC003-017-073-171015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0014.070617T0916Z-070617T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
416 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
NOME...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ENDERLIN AT 425 AM CDT...
SHELDON AT 435 AM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAFFEE AT 450 AM CDT...
DAVENPORT AT 510 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4671 9791 4653 9787 4656 9730 4664 9729
4664 9703 4683 9706
$$
HOPPES2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 170926
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
426 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
NDC003-017-073-171015-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070617T1015Z/
RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-CASS ND-
426 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CASS...SOUTHEASTERN BARNES AND NORTHERN RANSOM COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 423 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENDERLIN...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY
CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
AT FINGAL 417 AM CDT.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE BY 430 AM CDT...
SHELDON BY 435 AM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF CHAFFEE BY 445 AM CDT...
DAVENPORT AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF DURBIN BY 500 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4684 9793 4653 9787 4656 9730 4664 9729
4664 9703 4692 9707
$$
HOPPES000
WWUS53 KFGF 171015
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
515 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
NDC003-017-073-171025-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070617T1015Z/
RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-CASS ND-
515 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN BARNES AND
NORTHERN RANSOM COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA EXPIRED AT 515 AM
CDT...
AT 514 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF KINDRED...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4684 9793 4653 9787 4656 9730 4664 9729
4664 9703 4692 9707
$$
HOPPESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 2:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Barnes | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 13 hr |
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.