Two Dodge Area Tornadoes July 14, 2018

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