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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 27, 1993Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KINL 280148
TORINL
MNC007-029-280230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
848 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM CDT...THE CLEARWATER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER REPORTED
SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS MOVING
INTO THE TOWN OF SHEVLIN...WHICH IS 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF SHEVLIN...PINEWOOD AND PUPOSKY
BY 930 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
PACKINGHAM
 
NNNN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

TIME      EVENT
335PM     TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST EAST OF MINTO ND...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH
OF GRAND FORKS. REPORTED BY WALSH COUNPTY SHERIFF.  NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE
REPORTED.
BENNETT

Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
520 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

TIME      EVENT
400PM     TORNADO HIT FARM 1 MI WEST OF AUBURN ND IN NORTHEASTERN WALSH
          COUNTY.  OUT BUILDING DAMAGE.
405PM     TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 9...4 MI NORTH OF GRAFTON ND
          IN NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY.
415PM     TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MI NORTHEAST OF WARREN MN IN SOUTHWESTERN
          MARSHALL COUNTY.
423PM     TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN DONALDSON MN AND
          KARLSTAD MN IN SOUTHERN KITTSON COUNTY.
428PM     TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 TO 10 MI WEST OF ARGYLE MN IN WESTERN
          MARSHALL COUNTY.
429PM     TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MI SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OF STEPHE N MN IN
          WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
440PM     FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN DONALDSON MN IN SOUTHERN KITTSON COUNTY
          AND STEVEN MN IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.

Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
523 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

TIME      EVENT
443PM     FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MI NORTH AND 1/2 MI WEST OF STEPHEN MN IN
          WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
444PM   &  WALL CLOUD JUST WEST OF STRANDQUIST MN IN WESTERN MARSHALL
          COUNTY.

JEURISSEN

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-280045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
635 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 625 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THEM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE THIEF LAKE
REFUGE...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...AND WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF NORTH
DAKOTA.  THE HEAVIER RAINSHOWERS WERE 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JAMESTOWN...AND EXTENDED TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
RLA

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-280145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 730 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THEM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS AND NORTHERN
BELTRAMI COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...50 MILES WEST OF
INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSHOWER LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING
IN A CYCLONIC LIKE MOVEMENT OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
^
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONEn AREA PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL
RADIO AND TV STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-280230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
825 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 825 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THEM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
JUST NORTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND HAD MOVED INTO WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE MOVING IN A CYCLONIC LIKE MOVEMENT OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL
RADIO AND TV STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LAT$EST
INFORMATION ON THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods, Roseau	40 min
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Koochiching, Lake of the Woods	62 min

Nearby

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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.