Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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
- May 28, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2007, 8:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kittson County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Ne Lancaster, MN | DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 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 290030 TORFGF MNC069-290115- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.070529T0030Z-070529T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 730 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANCASTER...OR 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KITTSON COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4893 9700 4881 9679 4899 9651 4899 9688 $$ DK/PJS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 290038 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 737 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 MNC069-290115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070529T0115Z/ KITTSON MN- 737 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY... AT 734 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...OR 46 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED 5 MILES NORTH OF HALLOCK...MINNESOTA...AND TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. ADDITIONALLY...A CAMPER WAS REPORTED TURNED OVER IN THIS AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4893 9700 4881 9679 4899 9651 4899 9688 $$ DK/PJS
000 WWUS53 KFGF 290106 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 806 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 MNC069-290116- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070529T0115Z/ KITTSON MN- 806 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 806 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4893 9700 4881 9679 4899 9651 4899 9688 $$ DK/PJS
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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.