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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 2019Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2019, 3:50 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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: Jul 14, 2019, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 14, 3:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	9 N Barney, ND	LARGE HAIL FELL OFF AN ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.
Jul 14, 4:02 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Sw Colfax, ND	A PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD TRACKED SLOWLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY. A BRIEF FUNNEL WAS EVIDENT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES BUT APPEARED TO REMAIN NEAR THE WALL CLOUD BASE.

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
Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

006 
WFUS53 KFGF 142050
TORFGF
NDC077-142130-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0016.190714T2050Z-190714T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
350 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Richland County in southeastern North Dakota...

* Until 430 PM CDT.
    
* At 350 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles southwest of Colfax, or 19 miles northwest of
  Wahpeton, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Richland County.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 31 and 34.
 
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 4639 9711 4644 9705 4644 9681 4628 9686
      4635 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 280DEG 8KT 4639 9699 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Lynch

1 follow-up statement

277 
WWUS53 KFGF 142111
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
411 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

NDC077-142130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-190714T2130Z/
Richland ND-
411 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RICHLAND COUNTY...
    
At 410 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Galchutt, or 16 miles northwest of Wahpeton, moving
east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO and two inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Richland County.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 31 and 34.
 
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 4640 9703 4644 9693 4644 9681 4628 9686
      4632 9700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 280DEG 8KT 4638 9692 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Lynch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	41 min
Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	28 min
Jul 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	48 min
Jul 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	46 min
Jul 14, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Towner	43 min
Jul 14, 7:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Towner	29 min
Jul 14, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	49 min
Jul 14, 10:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Walsh	23 min
Jul 14, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	41 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	64 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	62 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.