Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2009, 5:33 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 min. 9 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
- Jun 18, 2009, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 S Wyndmere, ND | 2 INCH DIA. |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wyndmere, ND | UPROOTED TREES |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Wyndmere, ND | DOWNBURST WINDS TORE DOWN NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES THROUGH A 4 MILE WIDE PATH EXTENDING FROM 1S OF WYNDMERE TO ABOUT 3N OF TOWN. THE DAMAGE PATH DEVELOPED ABOUT 2W OF WYNDMERE AND CONTINUED EASTWARD THROUGH BARNEY AND MOORETON. |
| Jun 18, 5:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Barney, ND | NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS TORN DOWN AND SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AROUND TOWN. |
| Jun 18, 6:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 2 E Mooreton, ND | SEMI TRACTOR AND TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON SOUTHBOUND LANE OF I-29 ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE MOORETON SCALE AND ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF THE WAHPETON EXIT. THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS LIKELY FORMED COINCIDENT WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO WHICH THEN PASSED JUST NORT |
| Jun 18, 6:04 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Mooreton, ND | A TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER MOORETON AND TRACKED EASTWARD FOR ABOUT 7 MILES THEN DISSIPATED ABOUT 2 SSE OF DWIGHT BY 620 PM CDT. THE TORNADO FLUNG BLEACHERS THROUGH THE CHAIN-LINK BACKDROP OF THE MOORETON BASEBALL FIELD. THE TORNADO AND ACCOMPANYING DOWNBURST WIN |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 10 W Wahpeton, ND | MEASURED AT THE WAHPETON RWIS SITE ALONG HIGHWAY 13 AT MP 384. |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 8 W Wahpeton, ND | MEASURED AT THE WAHPETON RWIS SITE ALONG HIGHWAY 13 AT MP 384. |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Mooreton, ND | TORNADO REPORTED 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOORETON SCALES NEAR I-29. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 182233 TORFGF NDC077-182330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0005.090618T2233Z-090618T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 533 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF WYNDMERE...OR 28 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WYNDMERE AT 540 PM CDT... BARNEY AT 600 PM CDT... MANTADOR AT 610 PM CDT... MOORETON AT 620 PM CDT... INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 21 AROUND 625 PM CDT... AND MILE MARKER 20 AROUND 630 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. && LAT...LON 4631 9674 4607 9678 4621 9725 4641 9725 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 286DEG 16KT 4628 9719 $$ TG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 182246 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 546 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 NDC077-182330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090618T2330Z/ RICHLAND ND- 546 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF WYNDMERE...OR 22 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BARNEY BY 555 PM CDT... MANTADOR BY 605 PM CDT... MOORETON BY 610 PM CDT... GREAT BEND BY 630 PM CDT... INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 23 AROUND 615 PM CDT... AND MILE MARKER 11 AROUND 630 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. && LAT...LON 4620 9720 4640 9717 4631 9674 4607 9678 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 293DEG 17KT 4627 9707 $$ TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Ransom | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 17 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.