Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT for Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
- Aug 14, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hope, ND | |
| Aug 14, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Hope, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 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 150000 TORFGF NDC091-150045- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0062.080815T0000Z-080815T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 700 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 658 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HOPE...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 3 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLABON AT 745 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4750 9787 4739 9760 4728 9768 4733 9796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 106DEG 3KT 4734 9770 $$ SPEICHER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 150019 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 719 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 NDC091-150045- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-080815T0045Z/ STEELE ND- 719 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL STEELE COUNTY... AT 716 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPE...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLABON BY 745 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4750 9787 4739 9760 4728 9768 4733 9796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 104DEG 4KT 4735 9774 $$ SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 42 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.