Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT for Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 5, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Eddy County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 7 Ene Brantford, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 052140 TORFGF NDC027-052245- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0023.080705T2139Z-080705T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 439 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF BRANTFORD...OR 36 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 41 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRANTFORD AT 445 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4785 9870 4760 9854 4760 9920 4768 9920 TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 251DEG 35KT 4762 9901 $$ VG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 052157 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 457 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 NDC027-052245- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080705T2245Z/ EDDY ND- 457 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 451 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANTFORD...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN EDDY COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4785 9870 4760 9854 4760 9920 4768 9920 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 251DEG 35KT 4764 9889 $$ VG
000
WWUS53 KFGF 052220
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
520 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
NDC027-052245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080705T2245Z/
EDDY ND-
520 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
EDDY COUNTY...
AT 514 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
7 MILES NORTH OF GRACE CITY...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY AT 530 PM 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 MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4781 9867 4778 9865 4776 9865 4772 9861
4771 9861 4767 9858 4760 9854 4761 9887
4776 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 260DEG 30KT 4765 9868
$$
VG000
WWUS53 KFGF 052241
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
542 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
NDC027-052252-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080705T2245Z/
EDDY ND-
542 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN EDDY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM
CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4781 9867 4778 9865 4776 9865 4772 9861
4771 9861 4767 9858 4760 9854 4761 9887
4776 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 260DEG 30KT 4768 9841
$$
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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.