Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2006, 5:32 PM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 16, 2006, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 W Ross, MN | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN F0 TORNADO WITH AN INTERMITTENT 3 MILE TRACK FROM 9W ROSS TO 6WSW ROSS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 162232 TORFGF MNC135-162330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0042.060816T2232Z-060816T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 532 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 529 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARIBOU...OR 27 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN ROSEAU COUNTY AT 550 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 WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4899 9639 4881 9637 4886 9603 4899 9604 $$ DK/BB
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 162244 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 544 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006 MNC135-162330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060816T2330Z/ ROSEAU MN- 544 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY... AT 541 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF PINECREEK...OR 18 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINECREEK AND ROSS BY 550 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4899 9639 4884 9632 4892 9567 4899 9567 $$ DK/BB
000
WWUS53 KFGF 162257
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
557 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
MNC135-162330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060816T2330Z/
ROSEAU MN-
557 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY...
AT 554 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROSS...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN ROSEAU COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT
RURAL NORTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY AT 630 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
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4899 9604 4889 9611 4895 9534 4900 9533
4900 9538
$$
DK/BB000
WWUS53 KFGF 162309
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
608 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
MNC135-162330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060816T2330Z/
ROSEAU MN-
608 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROSS...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 310 AT 620 PM CDT
HIGHWAY 313 AT 630 PM CDT
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4899 9604 4889 9611 4895 9534 4900 9533
4900 9538
$$
DK/BB000
WWUS53 KFGF 162329
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
628 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
MNC135-162338-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060816T2330Z/
ROSEAU MN-
628 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT. HOWEVER...WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES
NORTH INTO CANADA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4899 9604 4889 9611 4895 9534 4900 9533
4900 9538
$$
DK/BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 42 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.