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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 27, 2006Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT for Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 9 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: Jul 27, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pennington County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	13 Sw Thief River Falls, MN
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Ne Dorothy, MN	MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES UNTIL 635 PM.
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Ne Dorothy, MN
Jul 27, 6:37 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Sse Dorothy, MN	A PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH DEVELOPING FUNNEL WAS OBSERVED MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. A TOUCHDOWN LATER OCCURED EAST OF HUOT.
Jul 27, 6:44 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Red Lake Falls, MN
Jul 27, 6:46 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	1 E Huot, MN	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INTERMITTENTLY ALONG A 2.5 MILE TRACK TO THE SOUTH. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO POLK COUNTY AFTER TRAVELING A LITTLE OVER ONE MILE. IT EXITED RED LAKE COUNTY ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUOT AT ABOUT 650 PM. THE TORNADO SWIRLED SWATHS OF G
Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 Nne Gentilly, MN	THE TORNADO CROSSED FROM RED LAKE COUNTY INTO POLK COUNTY AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES. THE TORNADO BROKE NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES IN VARIOUS SHELTER BELTS ALONG ITS ROUTE AND LIFTED ABOUT 2.5 MILES NE OF GENTILLY AROUND 654 PM. PEAK WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT
Jul 27, 6:54 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	14 Nw Mentor, MN
Jul 27, 6:57 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 Ssw Red Lake Falls, MN	A WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AND TRACKED BY TWO TRAINED SPOTTERS WHOSE VIEW OF THE SURFACE WAS OBSCURED BY TREES. A STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN INTERMITTENT SURFACE TRACK FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILES WHICH ENDED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF RED LAKE FALLS BY

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
Jul 27, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 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 272331
TORFGF
MNC113-125-280030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0027.060727T2330Z-060728T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
631 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR DOROTHY...OR 19 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WEST OF DOROTHY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOROTHY AT 635 PM CDT
  HUOT AT 640 PM CDT
  RED LAKE FALLS AT 650 PM CDT
  PERAULT AT 655 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 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4801 9649 4785 9649 4778 9629 4776 9597
      4789 9588

$$

JH/BB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 272346
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
646 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNC113-125-280030-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060728T0030Z/
RED LAKE MN-PENNINGTON MN-
646 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR RED LAKE 
AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
HUOT...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RED LAKE FALLS BY 655 PM CDT
  PERAULT BY 700 PM CDT
  TERREBONNE BY 715 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4801 9649 4785 9649 4778 9629 4776 9597
      4789 9588

$$

HOPPES

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 280022
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
721 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNC113-125-280031-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060728T0030Z/
RED LAKE MN-PENNINGTON MN-
721 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON AND RED LAKE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 721 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF RED LAKE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PENNINGTON COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4801 9649 4785 9649 4778 9629 4776 9597
      4789 9588

$$

JH/BB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	67 min
Jul 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall	56 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	58 min
Jul 27, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Red Lake	57 min
Jul 27, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Polk	58 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.