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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 25, 2007Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2007, 12:41 PM CDT for Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 25, 2007, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kittson County, MN, Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 12:46 PM CDTHAIL 0.887 S Caribou, 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2007-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 860 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 2007-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 251741
TORFGF
MNC069-135-251830-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0022.070625T1741Z-070625T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1237 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF CARIBOU...OR 31 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4895 9653 4880 9653 4879 9629 4896 9629

$$

GUST
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 251806
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
106 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

MNC069-251816-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070625T1830Z/
KITTSON MN-
106 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KITTSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4894 9632 4879 9631 4880 9588 4895 9589

$$

MNC135-251830-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070625T1830Z/
ROSEAU MN-
106 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ROSEAU COUNTY...

AT 102 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ROSS...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4894 9632 4879 9631 4880 9588 4895 9589

$$

GUST
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 251824
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
123 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

MNC135-251832-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070625T1830Z/
ROSEAU MN-
123 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130
PM CDT...

AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ROSEAU...AND A SECOND ONE 
LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF SALOL. BOTH WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NO LONGER CONSIDERED 
SEVERE. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4894 9632 4879 9631 4880 9588 4895 9589

$$

GUST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Roseau62 min
Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRoseau65 min
Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRoseau51 min
Jun 24, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods54 min
Jun 25, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRoseau54 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.