Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 11:32 PM CDT for Polk 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
- May 7, 2006, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:40 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Se Mcintosh, MN | TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT ONE HALF MILE OFF NORTH SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 UNTIL 1141 PM. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND A FEW SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF A HOUSE. ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 349 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
- 2048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 080433 TORFGF MNC119-080530- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0006.060508T0432Z-060508T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1132 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1128 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES EAST OF WINGER...OR 42 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FOSSTON AT 1150 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4761 9601 4752 9600 4751 9559 4764 9560 $$ GV
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 080456 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1156 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 MNC119-080530- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060508T0530Z/ POLK MN- 1156 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 1154 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF EBRO...OR 30 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4761 9601 4752 9600 4751 9559 4764 9560 $$ GV
000 WWUS53 KFGF 080523 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1223 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 MNC119-080533- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060508T0530Z/ POLK MN- 1223 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT... AT 1223 AM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED IN SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT. LAT...LON 4761 9601 4752 9600 4751 9559 4764 9560 $$ GV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 33 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.