Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2018, 4:54 PM CDT for Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 8, 2018, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2018, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 8, 4:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 N Leonard, ND | VERY STRONG WINDS AND WIND DRIVEN HAIL STRIPPED CORN AND BEAN FIELDS ACROSS CENTRAL MAPLE RIVER TOWNSHIP, NEAR LYNCHBURG. |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Leonard, ND | RFD WINDS NEAR LEONARD UP TO 60 MPH |
| Jun 8, 5:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kindred, ND | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jun 8, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Wnw Kindred, ND | REPORT OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE NOTED. |
| Jun 8, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Kindred, ND | REPORT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
| Jun 8, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Kindred, ND | PICTURE WITH HAIL TWO QUARTERS WIDE SO 2 INCHES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
807
WFUS53 KFGF 082154
TORFGF
NDC017-077-082245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.180608T2154Z-180608T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
454 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2018
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Cass County in southeastern North Dakota...
Northwestern Richland County in southeastern North Dakota...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 454 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Chaffee, or 25 miles west of Fargo, moving
southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Leonard around 515 PM CDT.
Davenport around 530 PM CDT.
Barrie around 540 PM CDT.
Kindred around 545 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Casselton Airport.
This includes Interstate 29 near mile marker 59.
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 4662 9728 4663 9728 4663 9729 4670 9741
4680 9738 4687 9730 4679 9683 4647 9704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 298DEG 16KT 4673 9732
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BP1 follow-up statement
795
WWUS53 KFGF 082221
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2018
NDC017-077-082245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180608T2245Z/
Cass ND-Richland ND-
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...
At 521 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Leonard, or 21
miles southwest of Fargo, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado 5 miles northwest of Kindred.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This tornado will be near...
Davenport around 530 PM CDT.
Barrie around 540 PM CDT.
Kindred around 545 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 29 near mile marker 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 4671 9723 4678 9719 4684 9710 4679 9683
4652 9701 4659 9719 4664 9724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 298DEG 16KT 4667 9716
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Nelson | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 46 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.