Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2001, 8:10 PM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 min. 8 reports 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 17, 2001, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Barney, ND | 70 trees were uprooted and twisted in different directions. The awnings of a home and a barn were destroyed by the tornado. Several radio towers were toppled. At a nearby farm, a large grain bin, house, and several other buildings were damaged. |
| Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Barney, ND | |
| Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Barney, ND | |
| Jul 17, 8:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 M | Mooreton, ND | A 79 mph wind gust was measured at the Mooreton Weigh Station. |
| Jul 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rothsay, MN | Several large branches were blown down. |
| Jul 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mooreton, ND | |
| Jul 17, 8:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Wahpeton, ND | Trees were downed by the strong wind. |
| Jul 17, 8:54 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 M | Rothsay, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 180111 TORFAR MNC167-NDC077-180145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS 810 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. INCLUDING THE CITY OF WAHPETON... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT. * AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALCHUTT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KENT AT 815 PM CDT... BRUSHVALE AT 820 PM CDT... WAHPETON AT 825 PM CDT... BRECKENRIDGE AT 830 PM CDT AND EVERDELL AT 840 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. $$ DJK/RJT 08/14 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Walsh | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Nelson | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs, Nelson, Steele | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina | 24 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.