Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2010, 3:28 PM CDT for Barnes County, Griggs County, Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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, 2010, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barnes County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ene Valley City, ND | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A FUNNEL EXTENDING NEARLY TO THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF EXIT 294 ON I-94... JUST EAST OF VALLEY CITY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 651 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123 WFUS53 KFGF 242028 TORFGF NDC003-039-091-242130- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.100524T2028Z-100524T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 328 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHEASTERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF KATHRYN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION WAS DETECTED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY ALSO MOVING NORTH. * THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... VALLEY CITY AND ORISKA AROUND 340 PM CDT. BALD HILL DAM AROUND 350 PM CDT. SIBLEY AND PILLSBURY AROUND 410 PM CDT. LUVERNE AROUND 415 PM CDT. THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE BLABON. FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE BETWEEN...MILE MARKERS 291 AND 296 AROUND 340 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 4743 9820 4745 9775 4664 9780 4664 9807 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 178DEG 33KT 4681 9797 $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
004 WWUS53 KFGF 242044 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 344 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NDC003-039-091-242130- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100524T2130Z/ GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND-BARNES ND- 344 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARNES... SOUTHWESTERN STEELE AND SOUTHEASTERN GRIGGS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 341 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BALD HILL DAM AROUND 355 PM CDT. PILLSBURY AROUND 410 PM CDT. SIBLEY AND LUVERNE AROUND 415 PM CDT. BLABON AROUND 430 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4743 9820 4745 9775 4664 9780 4664 9807 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 178DEG 33KT 4695 9797 $$ JK
689 WWUS53 KFGF 242100 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 400 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NDC003-039-091-242130- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100524T2130Z/ GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND-BARNES ND- 400 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARNES... SOUTHWESTERN STEELE AND SOUTHEASTERN GRIGGS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... ORISKA AND BALD HILL DAM AROUND 405 PM CDT. SIBLEY AROUND 425 PM CDT. LUVERNE...BLABON AND PILLSBURY AROUND 430 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 4743 9820 4745 9775 4664 9780 4664 9807 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 200DEG 36KT 4692 9790 $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele | 28 min |
| May 24, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey | 7 hr |
| May 24, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 25 min |
| May 24, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Ransom | 64 min |
| May 24, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 61 min |
| May 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Barnes | 15 hr |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Steele, Traill | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill, Walsh | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 43 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Richland | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 40 min |
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.