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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 14, 2007Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2007, 5:17 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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 14, 2007, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:18 PM CDTTORNADO2 Se Clearbrook, MNRADIO STATION RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF MULTIPLE BRIEF WATERSPOUTS OBSERVED SOMETIME BETWEEN 515 AND 520 PM CDT...POSSIBLY NEAR PETERSON LAKE.
Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD11 Ene Clearbrook, MNMULTIPLE FUNNELS REPORTED BY CLEARWATER SHERIFF OVER CLEARWATER LAKE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 142217
TORFGF
MNC007-029-142315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0011.070614T2217Z-070614T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
517 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CLEARBROOK...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING
  TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY AT 530 PM CDT...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY AT 540 PM CDT...
  RURAL CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4772 9556 4762 9533 4794 9498 4809 9525

$$

HOPPES
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 142235
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
535 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

MNC007-029-142315-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070614T2315Z/
CLEARWATER MN-BELTRAMI MN-
535 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
7 MILES EAST OF BERNER...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT
  RURAL CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

LAT...LON 4779 9551 4767 9527 4794 9498 4809 9525

$$

HOPPES
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 142301
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
601 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

MNC007-029-142315-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070614T2315Z/
CLEARWATER MN-BELTRAMI MN-
601 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTIES...

AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
9 MILES WEST OF RED LAKE...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST OF RED LAKE AT 610 PM CDT

DO NOT OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO TO A
STRONG BUILDING OR SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 4779 9551 4767 9527 4796 9489 4811 9523

$$

HOPPES
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 142316
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
616 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

MNC007-029-142326-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070614T2315Z/
CLEARWATER MN-BELTRAMI MN-
616 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF PONEMAH...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF
BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4779 9551 4767 9527 4796 9489 4811 9523

$$

HOPPES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 5:02 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFKittson, Marshall, Polk, Roseau4 hr
Jun 14, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay43 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.