Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2001, 6:25 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2001, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Beltrami County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp, MN | A 10 to 12 foot wide path of downed trees was reported. |
| Jul 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Jul 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bemidji, MN | The hail fell on the north shore of Lake Bemidji. |
| Jul 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Jul 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Jul 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Jul 17, 6:52 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Turtle River, MN | |
| Jul 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Funkley, MN | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| Jul 17, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Funkley, MN | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| Jul 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Funkley, MN | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| Jul 17, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bemidji, 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 nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 172327 TORFAR MNC007-180000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS 625 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SHOTLEY...OR ABOUT 41 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. AGAIN TWO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT RED LAKE AND SAUM. RADAR ALSO INDICATED TWO OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF UPPER RED LAKE AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WASKISH AT 630 PM CDT... KELLIHER AT 635 PM CDT AND FUNKLEY AT 640 PM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4837 9509 4742 9490 4742 9444 4834 9445 $$ !!!!! YOUR FORECASTER NUMBER REQUIRED FOR) SHORT FUSE WARNINGS !!!!! NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 55 min |
| Jul 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.