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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 6, 2008Hubbard County, Wadena County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 10:23 AM CDT for Hubbard County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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 6, 2008, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 11:03 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hubbard County, MN, Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 10:30 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDHuntersville, MNBRIEF FUNNEL REPORTED.
Jun 6, 10:43 AM CDTTORNADO 14 S Chamberlain, MNTHREE TO FOUR ACRES OF DOWNED TIMBER REPORTED BY MN DNR OVERFLIGHT. APPROXIMATE ONE HALF MILE PATH TO 4SSE CHAMBERLAIN BY 1045 AM CDT.
Jun 6, 10:43 AM CDTTORNADO 14 S Chamberlain, MNTHREE TO FOUR ACRES OF DOWNED TIMBER REPORTED BY MN DNR OVERFLIGHT. APPROXIMATE ONE HALF MILE PATH TO 4SSE CHAMBERLAIN BY 1045 AM CDT. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 30 YARDS WITH PEAK WINDS TO 100 MPH.

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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 061523
TORFGF
MNC057-159-061630-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0010.080606T1523Z-080606T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1023 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  HUNTERSVILLE...OR 46 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE
  NORTH AT 31 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HUNTERSVILLE AT 1028 AN CDT...
  BADOURA AT 1040 AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4689 9492 4686 9469 4680 9471 4680 9480
      4663 9479 4669 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 197DEG 27KT 4675 9487

$$

GUST
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 061543
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1042 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MNC057-159-061630-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080606T1630Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
1042 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HUBBARD AND NORTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTIES...

AT 1038 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES WEST OF BADOURA...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT 31 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEVIS AT 1100 AM 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 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4680 9471 4680 9480 4677 9480 4679 9493
      4689 9491 4688 9490 4688 9485 4688 9484
      4686 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 197DEG 27KT 4689 9481

$$

GUST
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 061603
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1103 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MNC057-159-061613-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080606T1630Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
1103 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUBBARD AND NORTHEASTERN
WADENA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF AKELEY...OR 32 MILES SOUTH
OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 31 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4680 9471 4680 9480 4677 9480 4679 9493
      4689 9491 4688 9490 4688 9485 4688 9484
      4686 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 197DEG 27KT 4704 9474

$$

GUST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard59 min
Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard48 min
Jun 6, 9:53 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard44 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay9 days

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.