Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2014, 12:19 AM CDT for Cavalier County, Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 6, 2014, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:25 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Maida, ND | A FEW VERY LARGE TENNIS BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL FELL AT THE MAIDA PORT OF ENTRY. HAIL DENTED VEHICLES PARKED AT THE STATION. |
| Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Mount Carmel, ND | CAMPERS AT THE MOUNT CARMEL RECREATION AREA CAMPGROUND REPORTED OBSERVING A FUNNEL CLOUD WITHIN THE LIGHTNING BUT COULD NOT TELL IF IT REACHED THE GROUND. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Maida, ND | |
| Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT | HAIL 4 | 13 N Langdon, ND | PICTURE RECEIVED OF A HAIL STONE NEXT TO A TAPE MEASURE...HAIL STONE WAS 45 MINUTES OLD WHEN THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. SOFTBALL SIZED HOLES OBSERVED IN THE GRASS. WINDSHIELDS TOTALLY BUSTED OUT...MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE...AND MAJOR CROP DAMAGE. TI |
| Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT | HAIL 4 | 13 Nne Langdon, ND | PICTURE RECEIVED OF A HAIL STONE NEXT TO A TAPE MEASURE...HAIL STONE WAS 45 MINUTES OLD WHEN THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. SOFTBALL SIZED HOLES OBSERVED IN THE GRASS. WINDSHIELDS TOTALLY BUSTED OUT...MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE...AND MAJOR CROP DAMAGE. TI |
| Jul 6, 12:40 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Nw Vang, ND | LARGE HAIL FROM TENNIS TO BASEBALL SIZED FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WESTHOPE TOWNSHIP AND NORTHWEST HOPE TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 6, 12:45 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Ne Vang, ND | |
| Jul 6, 1:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Walhalla, ND | FROM VALLEY NEWS LIVE FACEBOOK. |
| Jul 6, 1:09 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 81 | 7 Nw Cavalier, ND | VIA PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. ALSO REPORTED MANY TREE TOPS BROKEN OFF. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 3100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KFGF 060519
TORFGF
NDC019-067-060600-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0015.140706T0519Z-140706T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1219 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1216 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MAIDA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAIDA AROUND 1225 AM CDT.
MOUNT CARMEL AROUND 1230 AM CDT.
VANG AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
OLGA AROUND 100 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4901 9775 4899 9764 4865 9788 4897 9868
4901 9865
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 298DEG 32KT 4900 9848
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TG2 follow-up statements
166
WWUS53 KFGF 060533
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1233 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014
NDC019-067-060600-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140706T0600Z/
CAVALIER ND-PEMBINA ND-
1233 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PEMBINA AND
NORTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1229 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAIDA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VANG AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
OLGA AND WALHALLA AROUND 100 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4889 9844 4901 9847 4901 9775 4899 9764
4865 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 297DEG 32KT 4895 9830
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TG357
WWUS53 KFGF 060546
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014
NDC019-067-060600-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140706T0600Z/
CAVALIER ND-PEMBINA ND-
1246 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PEMBINA AND
NORTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1242 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VANG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WALHALLA AND OLGA AROUND 1255 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4886 9826 4901 9824 4901 9775 4899 9764
4865 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 293DEG 33KT 4892 9810
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Steele, Traill | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland, Sargent | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.