Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:30 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Huntersville, MN | BRIEF FUNNEL REPORTED. |
| Jun 6, 10:43 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 S Chamberlain, MN | THREE 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 CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 S Chamberlain, MN | THREE 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.
- 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
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
$$
GUST2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 061543
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1042 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-159-061630-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080606T1630Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
1042 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HUBBARD AND NORTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTIES...
AT 1038 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES WEST OF BADOURA...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT 31 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEVIS AT 1100 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4680 9471 4680 9480 4677 9480 4679 9493
4689 9491 4688 9490 4688 9485 4688 9484
4686 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 197DEG 27KT 4689 9481
$$
GUST000
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
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 5:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 9 days |
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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.