Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
- Jun 5, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 4:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cass County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Casselton, ND | VIA INTERNET |
| Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Casselton, ND | WALL CLOUD AND ROTATION PASSED OVER D.O.T. SHOP NO FUNNEL OR TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED |
| Jun 5, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Casselton, ND | MOSTLY 1 INCH SIZED HAIL...BUT A FEW BIGGER STONES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WFUS53 KFGF 052059 TORFGF NDC017-052145- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0005.140605T2059Z-140605T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 359 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CASSELTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... CASSELTON AROUND 420 PM CDT. MAPLETON AROUND 445 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 4689 9700 4684 9721 4694 9738 4700 9729 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 307DEG 8KT 4693 9726 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.00IN $$ JAM
1 follow-up statement
471 WWUS53 KFGF 052129 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 429 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 NDC017-052138- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140605T2145Z/ CASS ND- 429 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS. LAT...LON 4689 9700 4684 9721 4694 9738 4700 9729 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 307DEG 8KT 4689 9718 $$ JM/GUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Towner | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Ramsey, Walsh | 9 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 30 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.