Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 21, 1987, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 21, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN

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

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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MNC005-027-087-111-220200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
758 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...BECKER...EASTERN CLAY...MAHNOMEN AND NORTHERN 
 OTTER TAIL

TO INCLUDE DETROIT LAKES...MAHNOMEN...PELICAN RAPIDS...HITTERDAHL
AND BARNESVILLE.
AT 745 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
20 MILES EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA OR AT
HITTERDAHL AND BARNESVILLE MINNESOTA.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A
REIN~FORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

VOELKER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
335 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
   TUESDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH DAKOTA AND A PART
   OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 325 PM CDT...A PAIR OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
30 MILES AND 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA OR
NEAR THE TOWNS OF NEW ROCKFORD AND CARRINGTON.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO GRIGGS
AND SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTIES BY 425 PM CDT.  PERSONS LIVING IN THESE
AREAS...ESPECIALLY THE TOWNS OF COOPERSTOWN...HANNAFORD...AND DAZEY
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

ALSO AT 325 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS W(ERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.
MB

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987

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