Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2008, 5:52 PM CDT for Steele County, Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2008, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Se Mayville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 072252 TORFGF NDC091-097-072315- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0029.080707T2252Z-080707T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 552 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSEVILLE...OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSEVILLE AT 600 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO AT 615 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4752 9688 4725 9686 4726 9760 4760 9764 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 281DEG 31KT 4747 9747 $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 072307 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 607 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 NDC091-072317- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080707T2315Z/ STEELE ND- 607 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN STEELE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 607 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EASTERN STEELE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4727 9743 4758 9746 4752 9688 4725 9686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 281DEG 31KT 4744 9728 $$ NDC097-072315- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080707T2315Z/ TRAILL ND- 607 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR TRAILL COUNTY... AT 603 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF ROSEVILLE...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 6 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO...6 MILES NORTH OF BLANCHARD AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUMMINGS BY 615 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4727 9743 4758 9746 4752 9688 4725 9686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 281DEG 31KT 4744 9728 $$ HOPKINS
000 WWUS53 KFGF 072319 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 618 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 NDC097-072328- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080707T2315Z/ TRAILL ND- 618 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRAILL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER TORNADIC SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4727 9743 4758 9746 4752 9688 4725 9686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 281DEG 31KT 4744 9728 $$ HOPKINS
The 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, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs, Nelson, Steele | 35 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.