Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT for Griggs County, Nelson County, Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 7, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Steele County, ND
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 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 072155 TORFGF NDC039-063-091-072230- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0026.080707T2155Z-080707T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 455 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MCVILLE...OR 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KLOTEN AT 500 PM CDT... ANETA AT 510 PM CDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF SHARON AT 520 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 MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4780 9789 4759 9789 4764 9831 4782 9828 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 277DEG 28KT 4772 9815 $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 072210
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
510 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
NDC039-063-091-072230-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080707T2230Z/
GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND-NELSON ND-
510 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS...SOUTHEASTERN NELSON AND NORTHWESTERN STEELE
COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
2 MILES NORTH OF ANETA...OR 46 MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
7 MILES NORTH OF SHARON BY 520 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4780 9819 4780 9789 4759 9789 4761 9804
4761 9805 4761 9809 4762 9810 4762 9815
4763 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 277DEG 28KT 4770 9798
$$
HOPKINS000
WWUS53 KFGF 072220
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
520 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
NDC039-063-072230-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080707T2230Z/
GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-
520 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NELSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 520 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHEASTERN
GRIGGS AND SOUTHEASTERN NELSON COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4766 9789 4759 9789 4759 9790 4759 9794
4760 9795 4760 9797 4767 9797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 282DEG 29KT 4763 9787
$$
NDC091-072230-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080707T2230Z/
STEELE ND-
520 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY...
AT 517 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES NORTH OF SHARON...OR 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS...
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 33 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4766 9789 4759 9789 4759 9790 4759 9794
4760 9795 4760 9797 4767 9797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 282DEG 29KT 4763 9787
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs, Nelson | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Steele | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 56 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.