Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 5:39 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, Steele County, Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 27, 2015, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 27, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 10 Ene Hope, ND | LARGE SWATH OF QUARTER TO HEN EGG SIZED HAIL FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EDENDALE TOWNSHIP THROUGH 550 PM CDT. |
| Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 7 Ne Hope, ND | THIS TORNADO TRACKED FOR OVER 3 MILES TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND LIFTED AROUND 6 MILES ENE OF HOPE BY 558 PM CDT. THE TORANDO DAMAGED NUMEROUS TREES IN SHELTER BENLTS AND SNAPPED A FEW POWER POLES ALONG ITS PATH. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 110 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH |
| Jun 27, 5:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Ne Hope, ND | |
| Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Clifford, ND | LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD ROOFTOP AND CROP DAMAGE IN THE CLIFFORD AREA. |
| Jun 27, 6:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Hatton, ND | DEBRIS INDICATED ON RADAR. SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL AS VIEWED FROM HATTON... BUT CANT SEE THE GROUND AREA. |
| Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wnw Galesburg, ND | SPOTTER PREVIOUSLY HAD REPORTED THIS AS A FUNNEL CLOUD. A DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND THAT THE TORNADO TRACKED ROUGHLY SOUTH SOUTHWEST FOR 3 MILES TO AROUND 6 WSW OF GALESBURG BY 618 PM CDT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED IN SHELTER BELTS ALONG THE PATH...BEANS FIELD WER |
| Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wnw Galesburg, ND | SPOTTER PREVIOUSLY HAD REPORTED THIS AS A FUNNEL CLOUD. A DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND THAT THE TORNADO TRACKED ROUGHLY SOUTHWARD FOR AROUND MILES TO NEAR 6 WSW OF GALESBURG BY 621 PM CDT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED IN SHELTER BELTS ALONG THE PATH...BEANS FIELD WERE S |
| Jun 27, 6:18 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 Ese Hope, ND | |
| Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Mayville, ND | PERSISTEANT WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL NEAR MAYVILLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332
WFUS53 KFGF 272239
TORFGF
NDC035-091-097-272330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0022.150627T2239Z-150627T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
EASTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 538 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GOLDEN LAKE TO NEAR
COLGATE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HATTON AROUND 555 PM CDT.
CLIFFORD AROUND 605 PM CDT.
GALESBURG AROUND 610 PM CDT.
MAYVILLE AROUND 615 PM CDT.
BUXTON...REYNOLDS...BLANCHARD AND CUMMINGS 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 OFFICE IN
GRAND FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4770 9763 4768 9693 4724 9697 4726 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 276DEG 20KT 4764 9760 4728 9765
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JK1 follow-up statement
280
WWUS53 KFGF 272257
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
557 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC035-091-097-272330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150627T2330Z/
TRAILL ND-STEELE ND-GRAND FORKS ND-
557 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TRAILL...
EASTERN STEELE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTIES...
AT 555 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERBROOKE...OR 39 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VALLEY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROSEVILLE AND CLIFFORD AROUND 630 PM CDT.
TORNADO IS IN RURAL AREAS BETWEEN SHERBROOKE AND ROSEVILLE AND
CLIFFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4769 9759 4768 9693 4724 9697 4726 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 273DEG 7KT 4741 9758
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Steele, Traill | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Traill | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 12 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.