Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2024
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2024, 5:39 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2024, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2024, 6:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Pembina County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
794
WFUS53 KFGF 122239
TORFGF
NDC067-122330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.240612T2239Z-240612T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
539 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Pembina County in northeastern North Dakota...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hensel, or 22 miles north of Grafton, moving east
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Cavalier, Drayton, St. Thomas, Hensel, Glasston, and Bowesmont.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 186 and 201.
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 4878 9717 4857 9717 4856 9718 4856 9717
4855 9717 4863 9772 4881 9768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 279DEG 21KT 4871 9759
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BH1 follow-up statement
329
WWUS53 KFGF 122316
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
616 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
NDC067-122325-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-240612T2330Z/
Pembina ND-
616 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Minnesota...and northeastern North Dakota.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for northern
Pembina county until 630 pm.
&&
LAT...LON 4878 9717 4857 9717 4856 9718 4856 9717
4855 9717 4863 9772 4881 9768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 279DEG 21KT 4868 9727
$$
BHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.