Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- May 24, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:20 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Ssw Englevale, ND | PERSISTENT FUNNEL WITH BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN |
| May 24, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 W Lisbon, ND | |
| May 24, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lisbon, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 250100
TORFGF
NDC003-017-073-081-250200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0005.080525T0059Z-080525T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
759 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 756 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
OAKES...OR 52 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF STIRUM AT 810 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEVALE AT 815 PM CDT...
ELLIOTT AT 820 PM CDT...
LISBON AT 825 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4607 9798 4612 9803 4627 9802 4629 9805
4654 9805 4672 9777 4638 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 230DEG 46KT 4619 9803
$$
JK/PR3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 250116
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
NDC003-017-073-081-250200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080525T0200Z/
RANSOM ND-SARGENT ND-BARNES ND-CASS ND-
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN BARNES...NORTHWESTERN SARGENT AND
RANSOM COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 813 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLEVALE...OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ENGLEVALE AND ELLIOTT BY 820 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT RANSOM BY 825 PM CDT...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LISBON BY 830 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOME BY 840 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4607 9798 4612 9803 4627 9802 4629 9805
4654 9805 4672 9777 4638 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 215DEG 42KT 4637 9794
$$
JK000
WWUS53 KFGF 250139
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
838 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
NDC081-250148-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080525T0200Z/
SARGENT ND-
838 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SARGENT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 838 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHWESTERN
SARGENT COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4629 9805 4654 9805 4672 9777 4638 9733
4631 9802 4612 9803 4627 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 200DEG 33KT 4655 9783
$$
NDC003-017-073-250200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080525T0200Z/
RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-CASS ND-
838 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN BARNES AND RANSOM COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 823 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ENGLEVALE...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NOME BY 850 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4629 9805 4654 9805 4672 9777 4638 9733
4631 9802 4612 9803 4627 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 200DEG 33KT 4655 9783
$$
JK/PR000
WWUS53 KFGF 250154
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
852 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
NDC003-017-073-250202-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080525T0200Z/
RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-CASS ND-
852 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN
BARNES AND RANSOM COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER TORNADIC AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4629 9805 4654 9805 4672 9777 4638 9733
4631 9802 4612 9803 4627 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 200DEG 33KT 4667 9775
$$
JK/PRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland | 60 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.