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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 26, 2006Otter Tail County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2006, 8:04 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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 26, 2006, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otter Tail County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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
Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Ne Amor, MN
Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDTTORNADO5 Ne Amor, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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 
WFUS53 KFGF 270105
TORFGF
MNC111-270145-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0023.060627T0104Z-060627T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
804 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 803 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTH OF OTTERTAIL
  LAKE...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE       
  SOUTH. AT 25 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER DEAD     
  LAKE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTERTAIL LAKE AT 810 PM CDT
  BATTLE LAKE AT 825 PM CDT
  CLITHERALL AT 830 PM CDT
  VINING AT 835 PM CDT

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 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4656 9558 4650 9583 4591 9562 4599 9525

$$

DTR/06
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 270130
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
828 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2006

MNC111-270145-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060627T0145Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
828 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...

AT 824 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE STORM WITH ROTATION WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CLITHERALL...OR 21 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING 
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  URBANK BY 845 PM CDT

OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO OVER DEAD LAKE AT 803 
PM AND IN THE BASSWOOD AREA AT 804 PM.  SINCE THAT TIME...IT APPEARS 
THAT THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED.  BUT THIS TORNADO COULD STILL DEVELOP.
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH SIZE IS STILL LIKELY WITH THIS 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4656 9558 4650 9583 4591 9562 4599 9525

$$
DTR
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 270146
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
844 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2006

MNC111-270154-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060627T0145Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
844 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845
PM CDT...

AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF VINING...OR 26 MILES EAST OF
FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT. PEA SIZE HAIL 
WILL STILL BE LIKELY IN THE URBANK AREA THROUGH 855 PM.  

NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES HAVE COME INTO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  AT THIS TIME THE ONLY REPORTS WERE IN THE 
DEAD LAKE AND BASSWOOD AREAS.  NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4656 9558 4650 9583 4591 9562 4599 9525

$$
DTR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.