Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, Ransom County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Enderlin, ND | LARGE HAIL FELL OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 6 MINUTES... THROUGH 550 PM CDT. PICTURES AND REPORTS POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ssw Sheldon, ND | |
| Jun 27, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mcleod, ND | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY MULTIPLE SPOTTERS IN MCLEOD. |
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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KFGF 272242
TORFGF
NDC003-017-073-272330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0023.150627T2242Z-150627T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
542 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
EASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENDERLIN...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
ENDERLIN AROUND 550 PM CDT.
SHELDON AROUND 600 PM CDT.
ANSELM AROUND 605 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 4636 9777 4677 9770 4667 9727 4656 9728
4631 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 291DEG 22KT 4666 9764
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GUST2 follow-up statements
120
WWUS53 KFGF 272255
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC003-017-073-272330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150627T2330Z/
CASS ND-RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CASS...EASTERN RANSOM AND SOUTHEASTERN BARNES
COUNTIES...
AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ENDERLIN...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHELDON AROUND 605 PM CDT.
ANSELM AROUND 610 PM CDT.
VENLO AROUND 620 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4636 9777 4677 9770 4667 9727 4656 9728
4631 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 292DEG 19KT 4660 9758
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GUST951
WWUS53 KFGF 272314
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC003-272323-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150627T2330Z/
BARNES ND-
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4634 9757 4672 9752 4667 9727 4656 9728
4631 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 39KT 4640 9730
$$
NDC017-073-272330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150627T2330Z/
CASS ND-RANSOM ND-
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CASS AND EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES...
AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MCLEOD...OR 33 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CASS AND EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4634 9757 4672 9752 4667 9727 4656 9728
4631 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 39KT 4640 9730
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GUSTThe 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, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 51 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.