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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. 11 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
- Sep 19, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Sw Pembina, ND | CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON FIRE TRUCK AND SOME OF THE BUBBLE LIGHTS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL FROM NICKLES UP TO HALF DOLLAR...GROUND WHITE WITH HAIL. |
| Sep 19, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Pembina, ND | NUMEROUS LARGE 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES BROKEN DOWN IN A FARMYARD AND EASTWARD TO THE RED RIVER. |
| Sep 19, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pembina, ND | SIGNIFIACNT TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED |
| Sep 19, 6:19 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 Nw Northcote, MN | THIS TORNADO TRACKED FOR NEARLY 10 MILES TO AROUND 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER BY 640 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. SEVERAL FARM OUTBUILDINGS...STEEL GRAIN BINS AND A STEEL POLE SHED WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. |
| Sep 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Se Humboldt, MN | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR |
| Sep 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 S Humboldt, MN | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR |
| Sep 19, 6:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Nw Hallock, MN | |
| Sep 19, 6:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Hallock, MN | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED TO A BARN... STEEL POLE SHED AND NUMEROUS TREES AT A FARMSTEAD LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF NORTHCOTE. |
| Sep 19, 6:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Hallock, MN | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED TO A SHED... QUONSET AND NUMEROUS TREES AT A FARMSTEAD LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF NORTHCOTE. |
| Sep 19, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 5 Nne Hallock, MN | LARGE TORNADO VIEWED APPROACHING FARMSTEAD FROM WEST. TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL FOLLOWED TORNADO. |
| Sep 19, 6:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Lancaster, MN | CROSSING STATE HIGHWAY 59 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WFUS53 KFGF 192245 TORFGF MNC069-NDC067-192330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0025.140919T2245Z-140919T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 545 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PEMBINA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. VINCENT AND PEMBINA AROUND 600 PM CDT. NOYES AROUND 605 PM CDT. HUMBOLDT AROUND 620 PM CDT. ORLEANS AROUND 630 PM 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 4900 9667 4876 9669 4893 9757 4901 9753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 285DEG 17KT 4899 9734 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.25IN $$ VOELKER
1 follow-up statement
473
WWUS53 KFGF 192259
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
559 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
MNC069-NDC067-192330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140919T2330Z/
KITTSON MN-PEMBINA ND-
559 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PEMBINA AND
NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBINA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NOYES AROUND 605 PM CDT.
HUMBOLDT AROUND 620 PM CDT.
ORLEANS AROUND 630 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4900 9743 4900 9667 4876 9669 4890 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 285DEG 17KT 4897 9724
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
VOELKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 33 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.