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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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 14, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 2 N Tower City, ND | THIS TORNADO ORIGINATED IN BARNES COUNTY AND CONTINUED WITH INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS INTO CASS COUNTY FOR ABOUT ONE MORE MILE. IT LIFTED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TOWER CITY BY 740 PM CDT. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 80 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH TO 25 YDS. |
| Jun 14, 7:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 W Buffalo, ND | GUSTS TO 63 MPH FOR 5 MINUTES UBTIL 745 PM CDT. |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 Wsw Casselton, ND | 60 TO 70 MPH WIND. |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Casselton, ND | WELL DEFINED SHELF CLOUD WITH INDIVIDUAL LEADING EDGE ROTATION |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Casselton, ND |
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 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 150034 TORFGF NDC003-017-150115- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0020.080615T0034Z-080615T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 734 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOWER CITY AT 745 PM CDT... BUFFALO AT 750 PM CDT... WHEATLAND AT 800 PM CDT... CHAFFEE AT 805 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4696 9705 4665 9704 4690 9801 4707 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 288DEG 42KT 4696 9784 $$ DK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 150050 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NDC003-017-150115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080615T0115Z/ BARNES ND-CASS ND- 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASS AND EAST CENTRAL BARNES COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 744 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWER CITY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 48 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EMBDEN AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF ABSARAKA BY 800 PM CDT... CHAFFEE AND WHEATLAND BY 805 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF CASSELTON BY 810 PM CDT... DURBIN AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVENPORT BY 815 PM CDT... INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 310 AROUND 750 PM CDT... AND MILE MARKER 325 AROUND 805 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4689 9776 4704 9776 4696 9705 4665 9704 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 288DEG 42KT 4689 9759 $$ DK/BH
000 WWUS53 KFGF 150103 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 803 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NDC003-150113- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080615T0115Z/ BARNES ND- 803 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 803 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EAST CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4681 9741 4699 9745 4696 9705 4665 9704 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 288DEG 42KT 4683 9739 $$ NDC017-150115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080615T0115Z/ CASS ND- 803 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 758 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMBDEN...OR 26 MILES EAST OF VALLEY CITY... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 48 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF CASSELTON BY 810 PM CDT... DURBIN AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVENPORT BY 815 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4681 9741 4699 9745 4696 9705 4665 9704 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 288DEG 42KT 4683 9739 $$ DK/BH
000 WWUS53 KFGF 150111 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 811 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NDC017-150121- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080615T0115Z/ CASS ND- 811 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER TORNADIC AND SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4681 9741 4699 9745 4696 9705 4665 9704 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 288DEG 42KT 4678 9727 $$ DK/BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Grand Forks, Richland, Traill | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele and 1 more | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Grand Forks, Traill | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.