Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Ssw Clitherall, 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 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 052009 TORFGF MNC111-052115- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0008.060605T2009Z-060605T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 309 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 303 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... UNDERWOOD BY 320 PM CDT BATTLE LAKE BY 330 PM CDT CLITHERALL BY 340 PM CDT VINING BY 345 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4634 9614 4613 9614 4618 9534 4648 9539 $$ TFGF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 052026 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 326 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 MNC111-052115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060605T2115Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 326 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY... AT 320 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF UNDERWOOD...OR 10 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OTTERTAIL LAKE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF CLITHERALL BY 335 PM CDT 8 MILES NORTH OF VINING BY 340 PM CDT OTTERTAIL BY 345 PM CDT 6 MILES NORTH OF HENNING BY 350 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4637 9594 4622 9588 4627 9536 4651 9541 $$ TFGF
000 WWUS53 KFGF 052046 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 346 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 MNC111-052115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060605T2115Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 346 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY... AT 342 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTERTAIL...OR 24 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEER CREEK AND NEW YORK MILLS BY 355 PM CDT BLUFFTON BY 405 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4647 9581 4623 9563 4632 9518 4661 9528 $$ TFGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 18 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.