Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2022, 3:18 PM CDT for Benson County, Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 24, 2022, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nw Sheyenne, ND | VIDEO WITH PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL, LOCATED TO NORTHWEST OF SHEYENNE. SPOTTER LOCATED NEAR SHEYENNE. |
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nw Sheyenne, ND | VIDEO WITH PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL, LOCATED TO NORTHWEST OF SHEYENNE. SPOTTER LOCATED NEAR SHEYENNE. |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sheyenne, ND | LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS BROKEN DOWN. A FEW SHINGLES OFF OF HOUSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
167
WFUS53 KFGF 242018
TORFGF
NDC005-027-242100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0021.220624T2018Z-220624T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
318 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Benson County in northeastern North Dakota...
Northwestern Eddy County in northeastern North Dakota...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sheyenne, or 25 miles southwest of Devils Lake,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Sheyenne and Oberon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4803 9924 4790 9889 4775 9912 4778 9930
4785 9930 4785 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 208DEG 6KT 4782 9919
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
VGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Walsh | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Walsh | 20 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 14 min |
| Jun 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Ramsey | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Nelson | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 48 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.