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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 9, 2019Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2019, 5:15 PM CDT for Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 9, 2019, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 9, 5:19 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Wnw Walcott, ND	THIS TORNADO IS THE FIRST WHICH FORMED IN A CYCLIC SERIES. IT TRACKED FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO AROUND 4NNW WALCOTT BY 524 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BROKE DOWN NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES IN TREED AREAS ALONG ITS PATH, AND SNAPPED ASH AND COTTONWOOD TREES AS IS CROSSED 57TH
Jul 9, 5:19 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Wnw Walcott, ND	A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN WAS NOTED.
Jul 9, 5:48 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Sw Hickson, ND	FUNNEL OVER THE I-29 EXIT NEAR HICKSON-OXBOW MOVING NORTHEAST.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

060 
WFUS53 KFGF 092215
TORFGF
NDC017-077-092245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.190709T2215Z-190709T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
515 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Cass County in southeastern North Dakota...
  North central Richland County in southeastern North Dakota...

* Until 545 PM CDT.
    
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Barrie, or 23 miles southwest of Fargo, moving
  east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Kindred, Walcott, Christine, Hickson, Wild Rice, Barrie and Oxbow. 

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 43 and 56.
 
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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4661 9715 4677 9678 4668 9679 4668 9680
      4666 9680 4664 9679 4663 9680 4663 9679
      4660 9677 4660 9676 4659 9676 4658 9675
      4655 9674 4652 9712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 252DEG 12KT 4658 9708 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Lee

1 follow-up statement

567 
WWUS53 KFGF 092234
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
534 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019

NDC017-077-092245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190709T2245Z/
Cass ND-Richland ND-
534 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...
    
At 534 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Kindred, or 18 miles south of Fargo, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kindred, Christine, Hickson, Wild Rice and Oxbow. 

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 44 and 56.
 
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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4664 9706 4677 9678 4668 9679 4668 9680
      4666 9680 4664 9679 4663 9680 4663 9679
      4660 9677 4660 9676 4659 9676 4658 9675
      4657 9675 4656 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 243DEG 19KT 4663 9695 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Lee

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Steele, Traill, Walsh	53 min
Jul 8, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes, Steele, Traill	66 min
Jul 8, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Steele, Traill	54 min
Jul 8, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass	38 min
Jul 8, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Traill	62 min
Jul 8, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	62 min
Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Cass	3 hr
Jul 8, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	63 min
Jul 8, 11:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	5 hr
Jul 9, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	10 days
Jul 9, 2:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	8 days
Jul 9, 2:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom	11 hr
Jul 9, 2:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	6 days
Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	50 min
Jul 9, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	46 min
Jul 9, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	44 min
Jul 9, 6:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Cass	2 hr

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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.