Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 4:48 PM CDT for Cass County, Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 5:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 5 Sw Casselton, ND | |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ne Chaffee, ND | |
| Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Chaffee, ND | |
| Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 S Casselton, ND |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
888 WFUS53 KFGF 052148 TORFGF NDC017-073-077-052230- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.140605T2148Z-140605T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 448 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHEASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAFFEE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LEONARD AROUND 515 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 4659 9710 4658 9745 4682 9753 4687 9720 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 339DEG 19KT 4677 9733 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.00IN $$ JM/GUST
2 follow-up statements
357 WWUS53 KFGF 052203 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 503 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 NDC017-073-077-052230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T2230Z/ CASS ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- 503 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND...NORTHEASTERN RANSOM AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAFFEE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. AT 459 PM CDT...A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTH OF LEONARD. HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LEONARD AROUND 515 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS. && LAT...LON 4659 9710 4658 9744 4679 9749 4683 9719 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 342DEG 20KT 4673 9726 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.00IN $$ JM/GUST
857 WWUS53 KFGF 052218 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 518 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 NDC017-073-077-052228- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T2230Z/ CASS ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- 518 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND... NORTHEASTERN RANSOM AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTIES 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 4659 9710 4658 9744 4679 9749 4683 9719 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 342DEG 20KT 4665 9722 $$ JAM/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, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 38 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.