Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2017, 1:11 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Grand Forks County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:18 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 S Emerado, ND | |
| Jun 7, 1:18 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 7 S Emerado, ND | A DEPUTY REPORTED A TOUCHDOWN AROUND 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF GF CR3 AND CR6. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO TRACKED EASTWARD FOR ABOUT A MILE OVER A 2 TO 3 MINUTE SPAN AND ENDED BY 121 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO WAS VIEWED AND REPORTED BY GFAFB OBSERVERS AND W |
| Jun 7, 1:19 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Ne Hatton, ND | FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN REFORMING AND MOVING TOWARDS HOLMES. FUNNEL WAS VIEWED AND REPORTED FROM A POINT ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF NORTHWOOD. |
| Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Sw Holmes, ND | THIS 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. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
173 WFUS53 KFGF 071811 TORFGF NDC035-071900- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0006.170607T1811Z-170607T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND 111 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... * Until 200 PM CDT. * At 110 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Holmes, or 18 miles southwest of Grand Forks, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. * This dangerous storm will be near... Holmes around 115 PM CDT. Thompson around 145 PM CDT. Merrifield around 150 PM CDT. This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 130 and 132. 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 4790 9715 4777 9705 4767 9740 4780 9749 TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 246DEG 19KT 4773 9736 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ Voelker
1 follow-up statement
947
WWUS53 KFGF 071825
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
125 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017
NDC035-071900-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170607T1900Z/
Grand Forks ND-
125 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY...
At 124 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Holmes, or 18
miles southwest of Grand Forks, moving east at 15 mph. Debris had
been reported with this tornado 5 miles east of Northwood.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This tornado will be near...
Holmes around 130 PM CDT.
Thompson and Merrifield around 200 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 130 and 132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 4790 9715 4777 9705 4769 9738 4782 9743
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 257DEG 11KT 4772 9733
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
VoelkerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 20 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.