Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 12:56 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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 7, 2007, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:14 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Fairmount, ND | |
| Jun 7, 1:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Doran, MN | HAIL CONTINUED UNTIL 118 PM CDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 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 071756 TORFGF MNC167-NDC077-071900- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.070607T1756Z-070607T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1256 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 1254 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES NORTH OF FAIRMOUNT...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DORAN AT 115 PM CDT... CAMPBELL AT 120 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4615 9675 4601 9668 4606 9638 4626 9648 $$ GUST/BARRETT
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 071817 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 115 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 MNC167-NDC077-071900- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070607T1900Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 115 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES... AT 114 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND STRONG ROTATION BETWEEN TYLER AND FAIRMOUNT. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMOUNT...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE FUNNEL CLOUD WILL BE NEAR... CAMPBELL AND DORAN BY 200 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4615 9675 4601 9668 4606 9638 4626 9648 $$ GUST/BARRETT
000 WWUS53 KFGF 071827 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 127 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 NDC077-071837- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070607T1900Z/ RICHLAND ND- 127 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4626 9655 4605 9654 4615 9628 4638 9629 $$ MNC167-071900- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070607T1900Z/ WILKIN MN- 127 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY... AT 123 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERDELL...OR 12 MILES EAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4626 9655 4605 9654 4615 9628 4638 9629 $$ GUST/BARRETT
000 WWUS53 KFGF 071844 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 144 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 MNC167-071900- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070607T1900Z/ WILKIN MN- 144 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY... AT 140 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FOXHOME...OR 12 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4626 9655 4605 9654 4615 9628 4638 9629 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 071855 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 155 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 MNC167-071905- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070607T1900Z/ WILKIN MN- 155 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4626 9655 4605 9654 4615 9628 4638 9629 $$ GUST/BARRETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 45 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.