Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
946 WFUS53 KFGF 271959 TORFGF MNC027-NDC017-272045- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0004.160527T1959Z-160527T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 259 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 258 PM CDT...TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AVERILL TO NEAR HICKSON...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. * THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE NEAR... GLYNDON AND AVERILL AROUND 300 PM CDT. SABIN AROUND 315 PM CDT. ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 61. INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 352. INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12. 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 4664 9706 4705 9654 4699 9628 4663 9677 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 270DEG 38KT 4696 9649 4666 9687 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...0.00IN $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
935
WWUS53 KFGF 272023
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
323 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
MNC027-NDC017-272045-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
CLAY MN-CASS ND-
323 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM CDT...TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DALE TO NEAR BAKER...REMAINING NEARLY
STATIONARY. THE PUBLIC AND TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED
SEVERAL HIGH BASED FUNNELS.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES.
ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 61.
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 352.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4664 9706 4705 9654 4699 9628 4663 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 270DEG 38KT 4696 9615 4666 9653
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HOPKINS332
WWUS53 KFGF 272042
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
342 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
MNC027-NDC017-272050-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
CLAY MN-CASS ND-
342 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THERE MAY STILL BE SOME WEAK
FUNNELS REMAINING AND A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GRAND FORKS.
LAT...LON 4664 9706 4705 9654 4699 9628 4663 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 270DEG 38KT 4696 9615 4666 9653
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Eddy | 48 min |
| May 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 26 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 59 min |
| May 26, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Norman | 42 min |
| May 27, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Norman | 59 min |
| May 27, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.