Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 1:38 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Jun 7, 2007, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 2:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 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), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 7, 1:41 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 Wsw Elizabeth, MN | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 10 TO THE WEST OF ELIZABETH...AND TRACKED NNE FOR ABOUT 6 MILES TO AROUND 2 MILES SOUTH OF ERHARD BY 152 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREES WERE TORN DOWN AND A FEW POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. SPOTTERS NOTED THAT THE TORNADO W |
| Jun 7, 1:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Elizabeth, MN | PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 10 TO THE WEST OF ELIZABETH...AND TRACKED NNE FOR ABOUT 6 MILES TO AROUND 2 MILES SOUTH OF ERHARD BY 150 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREES WERE TORN DOWN AND A FEW POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. |
| Jun 7, 2:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 E Fergus Falls, 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 7, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 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 071839
TORFGF
MNC111-071945-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0010.070607T1838Z-070607T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
138 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
FOXHOME...OR 10 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FERGUS FALLS AT 150 PM CDT...
UNDERWOOD AT 210 PM CDT...
PHELPS AT 215 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 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4646 9626 4632 9626 4619 9625 4621 9578
4654 9580
$$
GUST/BARRETT4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 071846
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
146 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC111-071945-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
146 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
AT 145 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR ELIZABETH...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ERHARD BY 155 PM CDT...
EDWARDS BY 200 PM CDT...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHELPS BY 215 PM CDT...
STAR LAKE BY 220 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4646 9626 4632 9626 4619 9625 4621 9578
4654 9580
$$
GUST000
WWUS53 KFGF 071905
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
204 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC111-071945-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
204 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
AT 201 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF FERGUS FALLS...
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STAR LAKE BY 210 PM CDT...
VERGAS BY 215 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 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4656 9625 4632 9626 4619 9625 4621 9578
4669 9580
$$
GUST/BARRETT000
WWUS53 KFGF 071916
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
216 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC111-071945-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
216 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
AT 214 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES WEST OF VERGAS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
IN VERGAS...SPOTTERS REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4656 9625 4632 9626 4619 9625 4621 9578
4671 9574 4670 9602
$$
GUST/BARRETT000
WWUS53 KFGF 071934
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
233 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC111-071943-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
233 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 233 PM CDT...THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM MOVED OUT OF WESTERN OTTER
TAIL COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4656 9625 4632 9626 4619 9625 4621 9578
4671 9574 4670 9602
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 45 min |
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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.