Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT for Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 5, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Straubville, ND | LAYED THE GARDEN FLAT |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
979
WFUS53 KFGF 052107
TORFGF
NDC081-052145-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0006.140605T2107Z-140605T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
407 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 403 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRETE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
STRAUBVILLE 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 4601 9803 4618 9801 4622 9794 4609 9770
4595 9796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 315DEG 7KT 4617 9800
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GUST/JM2 follow-up statements
541
WWUS53 KFGF 052125
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
425 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
NDC081-052145-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140605T2145Z/
SARGENT ND-
425 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SARGENT
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAUBVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
SARGENT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4601 9803 4610 9801 4615 9781 4609 9770
4595 9796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 341DEG 18KT 4604 9790
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JM/GUST978
WWUS53 KFGF 052150
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
450 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
NDC081-052200-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140605T2145Z/
SARGENT ND-
450 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SARGENT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4601 9803 4610 9801 4615 9781 4609 9770
4595 9796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 341DEG 18KT 4604 9790
$$
JAM/GUSTThe 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, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 30 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.