Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2013, 4:25 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 14 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 6, 2013, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:26 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Sw Galchutt, ND | A PARTIALLY RAIN AND HAIL WRAPPED TORNADO TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 3 MILES TO AROUND 3 S OF GALCHUTT BY 431 PM CDT. THE TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES IN A SERIES OF SHELTER BELTS AND THREW LARGE TREE LIMBS WELL INTO THE FIELDS. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO |
| Aug 6, 4:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Galchutt, ND | |
| Aug 6, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Galchutt, ND | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE INTERSTATE NEAR MILE MARKER 31. |
| Aug 6, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Dwight, ND | A SWATH OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD TREE AND CROP DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL DWIGHT-WEST TOWNSHIP. IN THE TOWN OF DWIGHT... A FEW LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE BASE WHILE LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. |
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Wnw Wahpeton, ND | A PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH A BRIEF FUNNEL WAS VIEWED FROM NORTHWEST WAHPETON. |
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Nw Wahpeton, ND | HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZED OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST 5 MINUTES... ENDING AROUND 445 PM CDT. |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Breckenridge, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN. A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OR COLLAPSED ON A STEEL BUILDING. |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 1 N Wahpeton, ND | WIND DRIVEN HAIL PRODUCED WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS IN WAHPETON. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES OR TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF NEAR GROUND LEVEL WHILE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE LITTERED WITH SMALLER BRANCHES...LEAF DEBRIS AND HAIL. PEAK W |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Nw Wahpeton, ND | LARGE HAIL OCCURING... BUT UNABLE TO ESTIMATE SIZE AT THIS TIME. |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Breckenridge, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN. AN ENTIRE STEEL ROOF WAS TORN OFF ITS RAFTERS AND FLUNG SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AVENUE. IMPACTS FROM THE DEBRIS BROKE DOWN A STEEL STREET LIGHT POLE AND CAUSED INCIDENTAL DAMAG |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | Breckenridge, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN. AN ENTIRE STEEL ROOF WAS TORN OFF ITS RAFTERS AND FLUNG SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AVENUE. IMPACTS FROM THE DEBRIS BROKE DOWN A STEEL STREET LIGHT POLE AND CAUSED INCIDENTAL DAMAG |
| Aug 6, 4:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Breckenridge, MN | ALSO REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. |
| Aug 6, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 3 E Breckenridge, MN | HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCH DIAMTER AND VERY STRONG WINDS... ESTIMATED TO 75 MPH WHICH BROKE DOWN NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES. |
| Aug 6, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 E Breckenridge, MN | SOME SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
489
WFUS53 KFGF 062125
TORFGF
MNC167-NDC077-062215-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0010.130806T2125Z-130806T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
425 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 422 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALCHUTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ABERCROMBIE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
DWIGHT AND MCCAULEYVILLE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
BRUSHVALE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE AROUND 450 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4647 9657 4614 9645 4631 9699 4648 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 287DEG 26KT 4637 9682
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GUST2 follow-up statements
717
WWUS53 KFGF 062136
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
436 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
MNC167-NDC077-062215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130806T2215Z/
RICHLAND ND-WILKIN MN-
436 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WILKIN AND EAST
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 431 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAHPETON AROUND 445 PM CDT.
BRECKENRIDGE AROUND 450 PM CDT.
DORAN AROUND 500 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4629 9687 4646 9684 4647 9657 4614 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 294DEG 29KT 4633 9670
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GUST420 WWUS53 KFGF 062154 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 454 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 MNC167-NDC077-062203- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130806T2215Z/ RICHLAND ND-WILKIN MN- 454 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILKIN AND EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILKIN COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 9PM CDT. LAT...LON 4629 9687 4646 9684 4647 9657 4614 9645 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 294DEG 29KT 4627 9652 $$ GUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 55 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.