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458 NOUS43 KFGF 282145 PNSFGF MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290945- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 445 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/27/16 TORNADO EVENTS... .OVERVIEW...A National Weather Service Storm Damage Assessment Team has reviewed damage from two tornadoes which occurred across portions of southeast grand forks and one tornado which occurred across eastern traill County... resulting from storms in the afternoon and early evening of August 27th. There were no injuries and no fatalities from these tornadoes. Based on video and photographic evidence... plus multiple eyewitness accounts... it is clear that two separate and distinct tornadoes occurred from the same parent supercell thunderstorm in southeast grand forks county. The first was a brief touchdown in far southeast arvilla township and the second was a much larger and longer tracking tornado across northern pleasant view township. A third tornado occurred nearly an hour and a half later in east central traill county. This tornado crossed the interstate 29 corridor and produced severe damage at two farmsteads and at the Taftt elevator complex. .TORNADO #1... Rating: EF-0 Estimated peak wind: 70 mph Path length /Statute/: 0.5 miles Path width /Maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 412 pm CDT Start location: 3.5 miles SSW Arvilla Start Lat/Lon: 47.8600 / -97.50 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 414 pm CDT End location: 4.5 miles S Arvilla End_lat/lon: 47.8550 / -97.4900 This Tornado touched down for 1 to 2 minutes and tracked for less than one half mile over a largely opened field west of CR2. .TORNADO #2... Rating: EF-1 Estimated peak wind: 110 mph Path length /Statute/: 4.0 miles Path width /Maximum/: 600 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 418 pm CDT Start location: 5.5 miles S Arvilla Start Lat/Lon: 47.8500 / -97.4800 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 432 pm CDT End location: 8.0 miles SSW Emerado End_lat/lon: 47.8100 / -97.4100 This large Tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees along its path. It demolished a small barn and spread barn materials...ranch debris...and small trailers over a broad area. .TORNADO #3... Rating: EF-3 Estimated peak wind: 140 mph Path length /Statute/: 3.0 miles Path width /Maximum/: 300 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 602 pm CDT Start location: 2.5 SSW Cummings Start Lat/Lon: 47.4860 / -97.1000 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 610 pm CDT End location: 2.5 miles NNE Hillsboro End_lat/lon: 47.4500 / -97.0500 This Severe Tornado destroyed a two car garage and snapped or uprooted numerous trees numerous at a farmstead west of Interstate 29. It then crossed the I-29 corridor and tore down filled grain bins and toppled elevator legs at the Taft elevator complex. further east... it demolished half of an engineered metal building and then tore the roof of a well constructed home and caved in sections of the main floor exterior walls. The Tornado appears to have ended within a half mile to the east of this farmstead. EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies Tornadoes into the following categories. EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 To 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ Gust/Makowski
921 NOUS43 KFGF 282152 CCA PNSFGF MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290945- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 445 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/27/16 TORNADO EVENTS... .OVERVIEW...A National Weather Service Storm Damage Assessment Team has reviewed damage from two tornadoes which occurred across portions of southeast Grand Forks county and one tornado which occurred across eastern Traill County...resulting from storms in the afternoon and early evening of August 27th. There were no injuries and no fatalities from these tornadoes. Based on video and photographic evidence... plus multiple eyewitness accounts... it is clear that two separate and distinct tornadoes occurred from the same parent supercell thunderstorm in southeast Grand Forks county. The first was a brief touchdown in far southeast Arvilla township and the second was a much larger and longer tracking tornado across northern Pleasant View township. A third tornado occurred nearly an hour and a half later in east central Traill county. This tornado crossed the interstate 29 corridor and produced severe damage at two farmsteads and at the Taft elevator complex. .TORNADO #1... Rating: EF-0 Estimated peak wind: 70 mph Path length /Statute/: 0.5 miles Path width /Maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 412 pm CDT Start location: 3.5 miles SSW Arvilla Start Lat/Lon: 47.8600 / -97.50 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 414 pm CDT End location: 4.5 miles S Arvilla End_lat/lon: 47.8550 / -97.4900 This Tornado touched down for 1 to 2 minutes and tracked for less than one half mile over a largely opened field west of CR2. .TORNADO #2... Rating: EF-1 Estimated peak wind: 110 mph Path length /Statute/: 4.0 miles Path width /Maximum/: 600 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 418 pm CDT Start location: 5.5 miles S Arvilla Start Lat/Lon: 47.8500 / -97.4800 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 432 pm CDT End location: 8.0 miles SSW Emerado End_lat/lon: 47.8100 / -97.4100 This large Tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees along its path. It demolished a small barn and spread barn materials...ranch debris...and small trailers over a broad area. .TORNADO #3... Rating: EF-3 Estimated peak wind: 140 mph Path length /Statute/: 3.0 miles Path width /Maximum/: 300 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: Aug 27 2016 Start time: 602 pm CDT Start location: 2.5 SSW Cummings Start Lat/Lon: 47.4860 / -97.1000 End date: Aug 27 2016 End time: 610 pm CDT End location: 2.5 miles NNE Hillsboro End_lat/lon: 47.4500 / -97.0500 This Severe Tornado destroyed a two car garage and snapped or uprooted numerous trees numerous at a farmstead west of Interstate 29. It then crossed the I-29 corridor and tore down filled grain bins and toppled elevator legs at the Taft elevator complex. further east... it demolished half of an engineered metal building and then tore the roof of a well constructed home and caved in sections of the main floor exterior walls. The Tornado appears to have ended within a half mile to the east of this farmstead. EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies Tornadoes into the following categories. EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 To 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ Gust/Makowski