Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2007, 3:58 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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 17, 2007, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 4:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 17, 4:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 E Fisher, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED DISTANT SOUTHEAST OF FISHER BY HIGHWAY PATROL. |
| Jun 17, 4:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | Crookston, MN | DEBRIS REPORTED ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF CROOKSTON. |
| Jun 17, 4:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Crookston, MN | 2 MI WEST OF CROOKSTON ON CTY ROAD 9 TOUCHDOWN WITH DEBRIS REPORTED. |
| Jun 17, 4:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Crookston, MN | TOUCHDOWN REPORTED IN OPENED FIELD TO SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 9...ABOUT 2 MI WEST OF THE SUGAR BEET PLANT. A ROPE FUNNEL PERSISTED FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES...WITH INTERMITTENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS OVER A 2 MINUTE PERIOD ALONG A HALF MILE PATH UNTIL 413 PM CDT. |
| Jun 17, 4:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Crookston, MN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TOUCHDOWN WITH DEBRIS. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 172058 TORFGF MNC119-172145- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0015.070617T2058Z-070617T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDRED...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CROOKSTON AT 410 PM CDT... HAROLD AT 420 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF MELVIN AT 430 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4780 9692 4762 9692 4760 9636 4794 9658 $$ VOELKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 172113 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 413 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 MNC119-172145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070617T2145Z/ POLK MN- 413 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY... AT 411 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROOKSTON...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAROLD BY 420 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4780 9692 4762 9692 4760 9636 4794 9658 $$ TG/AYD
000 WWUS53 KFGF 172134 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 433 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 MNC119-172143- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070617T2145Z/ POLK MN- 433 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 433 PM CDT...THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4780 9692 4762 9692 4760 9636 4794 9658 $$ TG/AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 13 hr |
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.