KFGF [212038]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS53 KFGF 212038
LSRFGF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
338 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0350 PM HAIL MAZA 48.39N 99.20W
06/20/2012 E0.75 INCH TOWNER ND PUBLIC

0549 PM HAIL MICHIGAN 48.03N 98.12W
06/20/2012 E0.75 INCH NELSON ND CO-OP OBSERVER

0611 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 SSE PETERSBURG 47.90N 97.93W
06/20/2012 NELSON ND PUBLIC

AFTER STORMS WENT THROUGH A THIN FUNNEL CLOUD APPEARED ON
THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUD. IT APPEARED TO BE JUST SOUTH
OF PETERSBURG BUT WAS MORE DISTANT AND MORE CLOSELY
VIEWED OVER EAST CENTRAL ALDER TOWNSHIP. FROM A DISTANCE
THE FUNNEL APPEARED TO BE NEAR THE GROUND BUT AS VIEWED
FROM NEARBY THE FUNNEL REMAINED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
ABOVE THE TREE TOPS.

0630 PM HAIL 5 NE NASH 48.52N 97.44W
06/20/2012 E0.50 INCH WALSH ND TRAINED SPOTTER

SO MUCH HAIL FELL GROUND WAS COVERED.

0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE NASH 48.52N 97.44W
06/20/2012 WALSH ND TRAINED SPOTTER

APPROXIMATELY THE TOP 30 FEET OF 100 FOOT COTTONWOOD TREE
TWISTED OF AS GUST FRONT PUSHED THROUGH FARMSTEAD. NO
OTHER DAMAGE REPORTED.

0649 PM TORNADO 4 E KEMPTON 47.82N 97.53W
06/20/2012 F0 GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC

THIS LONG... THIN AND ROPE LIKE TORNADO LAST FOR JUST A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TRACKED EASTWARD FOR ABOUT ONE
MILE... NEARLY TO THE AVON AND PLEASANT VIEW TOWNSHIP
LINE. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN A
FARMSTEAD SHELTER BELT AND A COUPLE OF LARGE TREE LIMBS
WERE SNAPPED OFF IN A FIELD SHELTERBELT. MAXIMUM WIDTH
ESTIMATED TO 20 YARDS AND PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH.


0702 PM TORNADO 7 ENE NORTHWOOD 47.77N 97.43W
06/20/2012 F1 GRAND FORKS ND NWS STORM SURVEY

THIS ROPE LIKE TORNADO LASTED FOR OVER 4 MINUTES AND
TRACKED DUE EAST FOR NEARLY TWO MILE IN THE FAR NORTHWEST
CORNER OF UNION TOWNSHIP. SEVERAL TREE TOPS WERE SNAPPED
IN FIELD SHELTER BELTS AND AT LEAST ONE TREE WAS UPROOTED
NEAR A FARMSTEAD SHELTERBELT. MAXIMUM WIDTH ESTIMATED TO
AROUND 30 YARDS AND PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 90 MPH.

0725 PM HAIL 2 N THOMPSON 47.80N 97.11W
06/20/2012 E0.75 INCH GRAND FORKS ND TRAINED SPOTTER

ABOUT FOUR MINUTES OF PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH
VERY STRONG WINDS.


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GGUST

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