Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 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 Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Mooreton, ND | |
| Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 Ene Barney, ND | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BARNEY AND TRACKED SOUTH SOUTHEAST FROM A MILE OR TWO BY 826 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BROKE DOWN LARGE TREES AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES. IT ALSO FLIPPED AND TOSSED A LARGE WOODEN PLAY CENTER FOR SEVERAL YARDS AND JUMBLED SEPTIC TAN |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
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WFUS53 KFGF 280038
TORFGF
NDC077-280130-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0031.150628T0038Z-150628T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BARRIE...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GALCHUTT AND BARNEY AROUND 810 PM CDT.
MOORETON AROUND 815 PM CDT.
DWIGHT AROUND 820 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 4620 9720 4657 9727 4663 9717 4663 9707
4624 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 323DEG 32KT 4656 9716
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
117
WWUS53 KFGF 280051
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC077-280130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150628T0130Z/
RICHLAND ND-
751 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 751 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALCOTT...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WAHPETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARNEY AROUND 810 PM CDT.
MOORETON AROUND 815 PM CDT.
DWIGHT AROUND 820 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4620 9720 4649 9725 4655 9699 4624 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 323DEG 32KT 4646 9705
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DK960
WWUS53 KFGF 280103
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NDC077-280130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150628T0130Z/
RICHLAND ND-
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 803 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GALCHUTT...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GALCHUTT AND BARNEY AROUND 810 PM CDT.
MOORETON AROUND 815 PM CDT.
DWIGHT AROUND 820 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 4620 9716 4639 9715 4648 9691 4624 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 323DEG 32KT 4637 9695
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 30 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.