Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Clearbrook, MN | RADIO 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 CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 11 Ene Clearbrook, MN | MULTIPLE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk, Roseau | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 43 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.