Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2007, 9:51 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 24, 2007, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lake of the Woods County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:35 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ese Angle Inlet, MN | TORNADO TRACKED FOR ROUGHLY ONE HALF MILE...ENDING ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SOUTHWEST OF YOUNGS BAY RESORT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. DAMAGE INDICATES PEAK WIND SPEEDS OF 85 TO 90 MPH. |
| Jun 24, 10:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Flag Island, MN |
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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 250251
TORFGF
MNC077-250345-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0020.070625T0251Z-070625T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
951 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH
OF ARNESEN...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLAG ISLAND AT 1020 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4925 9513 4899 9515 4898 9529 4890 9521
4899 9473 4934 9488 4935 9514
$$
DK/AYD3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 250300
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1000 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
MNC077-250345-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070625T0345Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
1000 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY...
...PERSONS ON LAKE OF THE WOODS SHOULD GET TO SHORE AT ONCE...
AT 958 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK ISLAND...OR 42 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEAU...
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FLAG ISLAND AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENASSE BY 1020 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4925 9513 4899 9515 4898 9529 4890 9521
4899 9473 4934 9488 4935 9514
$$
DK000
WWUS53 KFGF 250320
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
MNC077-250345-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070625T0345Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY...
AT 1015 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK ISLAND...OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND
GUSTS OVER 70 MPH.
THS STORM WILL BE NEAR FLAG ISLAND AT 1025 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4925 9513 4899 9515 4898 9529 4890 9521
4899 9473 4934 9488 4935 9514
$$
DK000
WWUS53 KFGF 250344
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1044 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
MNC077-250354-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070625T0345Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
1044 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
AT 1044 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHWESTERN LAKE OF
THE WOODS COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1045 PM
CDT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM AT FLAG ISLAND
AND ANGLE INLET...ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.
LAT...LON 4925 9513 4899 9515 4898 9529 4890 9521
4899 9473 4934 9488 4935 9514
$$
DKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 49 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.