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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 25, 1999Becker County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1999, 2:41 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1999, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1999, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Becker County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 2:42 PM CDTHail 1Detroit Lakes, MN

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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 1999-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1999-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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 251941
TORFAR
MNC005-252015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 240 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF WESTBURY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WESTBURY AT 252 PM CDT
  RICHWOOD AT 257 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

KENNEDY

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.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 25, 10:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1025 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1999

...FORECAST CHALLANGE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...

ATM IS CAPPED ATTM.  PULSE TYPE TSTMS ARE OCCURRING ALG SFC CDFNT WHICH
IS MOVG INTO RRV LATE THIS MORNING.  ISOLD TSTM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL NR
GFK AT 15Z. CAPES NEAR 5000 J/KG ARE ANTICPATED THIS AFTN ACRS MUCH OF
THE ERN HALF OF THE CWFA BASED ON MODIFIED SOUNDINGS. BEST MSTR
CONVERGENGE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACRS SERN ND AND
WCNTRL MN FROM 21Z TO 01Z. BLV ONLY ISOLD SVR TSTMS TIL LATER THIS AFTN
WHEN CAP IS BROKEN.  MESO ETA FCST OF FNTL POSITION IS VERY GOOD BASED
ON 15Z OBS. WILL CONT USING ITS FNTL FCST THRU 03Z. CURRENT HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK STILL HAS EXPECTED LOCATION AND TIMING ON TARGET SO
WILL NOT UPDATE ATTM. MAY WAIT TIL 18Z TO PIN-POINT MORE A SPECIFIC
AREA.  ZONES ARE ALREADY UPDATED.  MENTIONED 100-105 HEAT INDEX FOR
DTL-FFM AREA IN SPS.  DO NOT ANTICIPATE AN ADVISORY ATTM.

.FGF...NONE.
 BELLES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052-053-251510-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
942 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 535 FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY. PLEASE CONTINUE
TfO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY
MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

KENNEDY
Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
1029 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 AM    3SE INKSTER               ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/25/99   GRAND FORKS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013-NDZ027-029-030-038-251945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 1999

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

TORNADO WATCH 586 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTH DAKOTA...

GRAND FORKS...TRAILL...BARNES...STEELE

AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 8FOR...

PENNINGTON...KITTSON...MARSHALL...WESTERN POLK...ROSEAU

BELLES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall33 min
Jul 25, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall29 min
Jul 25, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau33 min
Jul 25, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall36 min
Jul 25, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington34 min
Jul 25, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall33 min
Jul 25, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk36 min
Jul 25, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay36 min
Jul 25, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Mahnomen, Norman32 min
Jul 25, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMahnomen33 min
Jul 25, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay36 min
Jul 25, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker34 min
Jul 25, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami36 min
Jul 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater34 min

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.