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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 24, 2002Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2002, 10:02 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2002, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2002, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hubbard County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 10:22 PM CDTTornado F0Akeley, MNA brief touchdown blew over several trees.

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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
11.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 250302
TORFAR
MNC057-250330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1002 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 958 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER LAKE GEORGE...OR
  ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

  KABEKONA AT 1005 PM...
  GUTHRIE AT 1010 PM...
  LAPORTE AT 1025 PM AND
  BENEDICT AT 1030 PM.

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

LAT...LON 4730 9500 4715 9514 4691 9467 4734 9469


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk46 min
Jun 25, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRed Lake44 min
Jun 25, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater47 min
Jun 25, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami51 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.