Storm comes through Grand Forks early Friday morning with tornado warning – Grand Forks Herald
GRAND FORKS — A storm that came with a tornado warning pushed through Greater Grand Forks early Friday morning.
The tornado warning was issued at 4:12 a.m. as the front hit Grand Forks with heavy rains and high winds.
The tornado warning sirens were heard sounding at 4:20 a.m.
There was no confirmed tornado in or near Greater Grand Forks, but as storms approach, “sometimes that leading edge gets some rotation,” WDAY meteorologist Lydia Blume said during a live broadcast at approximately 4:15.
The line of storms essentially stretched entirely across the state, from the Canada border to the South Dakota border.
By 4:30, the sirens stopped sounding and the tornado warning expired. A rain gauge on the south side of town showed a little more than a half-inch of precipitation shortly before 5 a.m.
It could be just the first round of storms to come to the region. According to the National Weather Service, there is a chance of showers and storms later Friday as well. The high temperature Friday likely will be around 81.
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