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TWO TORNADOES IMPACTED THE DODGE AREA OF DUNN COUNTY,
NORTH DAKOTA, ON SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018. DETAILS BELOW.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
0412 PM TORNADO 1 ESE DODGE 47.30N 102.19W
07/14/2018 DUNN ND NWS STORM SURVEY
LSR FROM SATURDAY, JULY 14. CROSSED ND 200
AND ON SOUTH SIDE TWO OUTBUILDINGS
DESTROYED. CROPS DAMAGED / DESTROYED. TREES
SNAPPED. DAMAGE CORRESPONDED TO EF1 AND FROM
THAT ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 97 MPH. 100
YARDS WIDE AND ABOUT 1/3 MILE PATH LENGTH.
FUNNEL DISSIPATED. THEN A SECOND TORNADO
FORMED JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS ONE.
SECOND VISIBLE FROM 45 MILES AWAY. SECOND
ONE EF0. THE DURATION OF THE TORNADO EVENT
WAS 5 MINUTES.
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
0426 PM TORNADO 5 S DODGE 47.24N 102.19W
07/14/2018 DUNN ND NWS STORM SURVEY
LSR FROM SATURDAY JULY 14. OVER A DISKED
AREA OF LAND SO WAS BLACK WITH DIRT AND DUST
AND VISIBLE FOR 45 MILES. ABOUT 35 HAY BALES
REMOVED. ESTIMATED EF0 AND FROM THAT
ESTIMATED WINDS 85 MPH. NO OTHER DAMAGE.
ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE AND ON THE GROUND FOR
ONE MILE, ALL IN DUNN COUNTY (VERY CLOSE TO
MERCER COUNTY LINE). DUST HELD IN THE AIR
LONG AFTER THE FUNNEL DISSIPATED. SECOND OF
TWO TORNADOES IN THIS AREA. THE DURATION OF
THE TORNADO EVENT WAS 13 MINUTES.
JP MARTIN
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