Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2016, 6:43 PM CDT for Cavalier County, Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. 6 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Cavalier County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Ese Egeland, ND | LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN VICTOR TOWNSHIP. |
| Aug 3, 6:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Munich, ND | NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS BROKEN DOWN IM SHELTER BELTS ACROSS TRIER AND SEIVERT TOWNSHIPS. |
| Aug 3, 7:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Langdon, ND | A FEW LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS BROKEN DOWN AROUND TOWN. AT LEAST ON 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED NEAR THE GROUND. |
| Aug 3, 7:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Langdon, ND | A FEW LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS BROKEN DOWN AROUND TOWN. AT LEAST ONE 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED NEAR THE GROUND. |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 E Langdon, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. |
| Aug 3, 7:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Langdon, ND | QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND SMALL WITH HEAVY RAIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759
WFUS53 KFGF 032343
TORFGF
NDC019-095-040030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0024.160803T2343Z-160804T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
643 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
CENTRAL CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MUNICH...OR 24 MILES WEST OF
LANGDON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MUNICH AROUND 645 PM CDT.
ALSEN AROUND 655 PM CDT.
LOMA AROUND 705 PM CDT.
DRESDEN AROUND 710 PM CDT.
LANGDON AROUND 715 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 4897 9828 4855 9813 4854 9824 4855 9901
4883 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 262DEG 37KT 4868 9890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
JAM1 follow-up statement
085
WWUS53 KFGF 040021
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
721 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
NDC019-095-040030-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160804T0030Z/
TOWNER ND-CAVALIER ND-
721 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TOWNER AND CENTRAL CAVALIER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4897 9828 4855 9813 4854 9824 4855 9901
4883 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 262DEG 37KT 4868 9890
$$
KNUTSVIGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner | 42 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.