Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 7:31 PM CDT for Grant County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 170031 TORFGF MNC051-170130- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0043.060917T0031Z-060917T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 731 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 729 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORCROSS... OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF WENDELL AT 745 PM CDT ELBOW LAKE AT 750 PM CDT ERDAHL AT 800 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4603 9625 4581 9624 4590 9579 4609 9578 $$ JCA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 170052 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 752 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 MNC051-170130- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060917T0130Z/ GRANT MN- 752 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBOW LAKE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4609 9602 4597 9599 4600 9578 4609 9578 $$ JCA
000 WWUS53 KFGF 170122 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 821 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 MNC051-170131- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060917T0130Z/ GRANT MN- 821 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... AT 821 PM CDT...THE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4609 9602 4597 9599 4600 9578 4609 9578 $$ JCA
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.