Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 7:18 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Richland County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Great Bend, ND | GRAIN BINS BLOWN DOWN. LOCATION AND TIME ARE APPROXIMATED. |
| Jun 27, 7:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Hankinson, ND | A LARGE PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND BRIEF FUNNEL WERE VIEWED FROM LAKE ELSIE. PHOTOS AND REPORT WERE POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856
WFUS53 KFGF 280018
TORFGF
NDC077-280100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0030.150628T0018Z-150628T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
718 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MANTADOR...OR 20 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANTADOR AROUND 720 PM CDT.
HANKINSON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
GREAT BEND AROUND 740 PM CDT.
SONORA AROUND 755 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 4596 9707 4630 9708 4614 9661 4594 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 303DEG 21KT 4617 9701
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
GUST2 follow-up statements
765
WWUS53 KFGF 280040
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
740 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC077-280100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150628T0100Z/
RICHLAND ND-
740 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HANKINSON...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4596 9707 4630 9708 4614 9661 4594 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 326DEG 35KT 4599 9686
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GUST106
WWUS53 KFGF 280101
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
801 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC077-280111-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150628T0100Z/
RICHLAND ND-
801 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4596 9707 4630 9708 4614 9661 4594 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 303DEG 21KT 4599 9686
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 17 min |
| Jun 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 49 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.