Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2010, 5:43 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2010, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 17, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519 WFUS53 KFGF 172243 TORFGF NDC035-099-172330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0039.100617T2243Z-100617T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 543 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... EASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 538 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GILBY. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. RADAR SHOWED THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... MINTO...WARSAW AND VOSS AROUND 555 PM CDT. GRAFTON AND OAKWOOD AROUND 605 PM CDT. NASH AROUND 610 PM CDT. HERRICK AROUND 615 PM CDT. THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE VESELEYVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4854 9759 4854 9719 4813 9727 4814 9763 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 190DEG 39KT 4819 9747 $$ G2
2 follow-up statements
397 WWUS53 KFGF 172252 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 552 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 NDC035-172302- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100617T2330Z/ GRAND FORKS ND- 552 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4825 9725 4825 9762 4854 9759 4854 9719 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 190DEG 39KT 4829 9744 $$ NDC099-172330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100617T2330Z/ WALSH ND- 552 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FOREST RIVER...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAFTON AND OAKWOOD AROUND 605 PM CDT. NASH AROUND 610 PM CDT. HERRICK AROUND 615 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4825 9725 4825 9762 4854 9759 4854 9719 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 190DEG 39KT 4829 9744 $$ G2
876 WWUS53 KFGF 172325 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 625 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 NDC099-172335- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100617T2330Z/ WALSH ND- 625 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4825 9725 4825 9762 4854 9759 4854 9719 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 190DEG 39KT 4864 9734 $$ G2
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Eddy, Griggs, Nelson | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 12 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Eddy, Griggs, Nelson | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.