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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 7, 2017Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2017, 1:05 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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 7, 2017, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2017, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 1:13 PM CDTTORNADO 02 Nw Mayville, NDA TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND TRACKED FOR AROUND 1.5 MILES TO ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF MAYVILLE BY 118 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO WAS VIEWED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE TOUCHDOWN WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY OBSERVERS ON I-29, MORE THAN 11 MILES DUE EAST OF THE TOUCHDOWN LOCATION.
Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDTTORNADO 03 Sw Holmes, NDTHIS TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 2 MILES TO AROUND 1 SSW OF HOLMES BY 130 PM CDT. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DETECTED. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 75 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH ESTIMATED TO 75 YARDS.
Jun 7, 1:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 Se Hatton, ND
Jun 7, 1:27 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nne Portland, NDBRIEF TOUCHDOWN NOTED NEAR PORTLAND JUNCTION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2017-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2017-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

850 
WFUS53 KFGF 071805
TORFGF
NDC035-097-071830-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0005.170607T1805Z-170607T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
105 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Grand Forks County in northeastern North Dakota...
  Northwestern Traill County in southeastern North Dakota...

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 104 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Hatton, or 26
  miles southwest of Grand Forks, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. 

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Grand Forks and northwestern Traill Counties.

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 4751 9737 4766 9746 4773 9723 4756 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 247DEG 3KT 4759 9735 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

voelker
1 follow-up statement
558 
WWUS53 KFGF 071820
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
120 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

NDC035-097-071830-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170607T1830Z/
Grand Forks ND-Traill ND-
120 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS AND NORTHWESTERN TRAILL COUNTIES...
    
At 118 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located on county road 14 
north of Mayville, or 25 miles southwest of Grand Forks, and is 
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. 


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 4752 9734 4767 9744 4773 9723 4756 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 247DEG 3KT 4759 9733 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Voelker

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh57 min
Jun 7, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh61 min
Jun 7, 1:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFGrand Forks43 min
Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks49 min
Jun 7, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Traill46 min
Jun 7, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks30 min
Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks35 min
Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh47 min
Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Traill47 min
Jun 7, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh20 min

Nearby

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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.