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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 18, 2001Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2001, 7:36 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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 18, 2001, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lake of the Woods County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 238 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 8:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindLude, MNTrees and powerlines were blown down.

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 18, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2275 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
2275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 190038
TORFAR

MNC077-190115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
736 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNESEN...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ROSEAU...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS IS AN UPGRADE OF THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     
  ISSUSED EARLIER. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY GOING OVER THE 
  LAKE. BOATERS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

  ARNESEN AT 745 PM CDT AND
  LONG POINT AT 755 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 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4912 9529 4893 9530 4889 9466 4912 9465


$$
BRAZZELL

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson41 min
Jul 18, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFKittson3 hr
Jul 18, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods52 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson45 min
Jul 18, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau66 min
Jul 18, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau2 hr
Jul 18, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall46 min
Jul 18, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods55 min
Jul 18, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau29 min
Jul 18, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods47 min
Jul 18, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk39 min
Jul 18, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami45 min
Jul 18, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau3 hr
Jul 18, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk28 min
Jul 18, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall38 min
Jul 18, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami41 min
Jul 18, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington49 min
Jul 18, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake27 min
Jul 18, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRed Lake33 min
Jul 19, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk31 min
Jul 19, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk2 hr
Jul 19, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman66 min
Jul 19, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk66 min
Jul 19, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay47 min
Jul 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall46 min
Jul 19, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman40 min
Jul 19, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay30 min
Jul 19, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker47 min
Jul 19, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard38 min
Jul 19, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker63 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.