Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 26, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Benson County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Ssw Maddock, ND | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED NEAR THE WELLS/BENSON COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 8 Ssw Maddock, ND | A PERSISTENT FUNNEL PRODUCED A COUPLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN OPEN RANGELAND IN SOUTHERN ARNE TOWNSHIP...NEAR THE WELLS COUNTY LINE. |
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 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 262222
TORFGF
NDC005-262315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.090626T2222Z-090626T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HEIMDAL...OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MADDOCK AT 610 PM CDT...
FLORA AT 615 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 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4816 9950 4798 9920 4784 9950 4785 9982
4786 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 221DEG 10KT 4785 9965
$$
JK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 262239
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
539 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
NDC005-262315-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090626T2315Z/
BENSON ND-
539 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BENSON COUNTY...
AT 538 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADDOCK...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS
LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MADDOCK BY 600 PM CDT...
FLORA BY 615 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4816 9950 4798 9920 4784 9950 4785 9982
4786 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 221DEG 10KT 4791 9957
$$
DK000
WWUS53 KFGF 262316
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
616 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
NDC005-262326-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090626T2315Z/
BENSON ND-
616 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4816 9950 4798 9920 4784 9950 4785 9982
4786 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 221DEG 10KT 4791 9957
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Towner | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson, Walsh | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 13 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Nelson, Walsh | 14 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 65 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.