Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ne Amor, MN | |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 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.