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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 27, 1986Becker County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1986, 6:56 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1986, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1986, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Becker County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 254 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 272356
TORFAR
MNC005-280050-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
656 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...BECKER

AT 648 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY DETROIT LAKES WARNING POINT 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF CALLAWAY MINNESOTA

IF A TORNADO IS APPROACHING GET INTO A BASEMENT...IF NO BASEMENT
IS AVAILABLE...GET INTO THE INNERMOST HALLWAY...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE GET INTO A DITCH...GULLY...RAVINE...OR
EVEN A LOW LYING SPOT ON THE GROUND.  PROTECT YOUR HEAD.  ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

SPIES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman46 min
Jul 26, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFStevens42 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.