Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 6:19 PM CDT for Becker County, Hubbard County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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 12, 2008, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Becker County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Evergreen, MN | |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Sw Midway, MN | A TORNADO TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 2 MILES TO AROUND 1 S MIDWAY BY 643 PM CDT. SEVERAL POPLAR TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS VIEWED FROM A POINT NEARLY 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 85 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH TO 2 |
| Jun 12, 7:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Park Rapids, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD VIEWED OVERHEAD NEAR WALMART. |
| Jun 12, 7:07 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 S Dorset, MN | |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ne Park Rapids, MN |
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 12, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 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 122319 TORFGF MNC005-057-111-130015- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0012.080612T2319Z-080613T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 619 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGREEN...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EVERGREEN AT 625 PM CDT... WOLF LAKE AT 630 PM CDT... MIDWAY AT 635 PM CDT... OSAGE AT 645 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4727 9487 4709 9468 4660 9550 4671 9565 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 227DEG 32KT 4671 9546 $$ TG/BB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 122340 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 640 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MNC111-122350- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 640 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 640 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4676 9528 4683 9546 4727 9487 4709 9468 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 232DEG 41KT 4683 9519 $$ MNC005-057-130015- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/ HUBBARD MN-BECKER MN- 640 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BECKER AND HUBBARD COUNTIES... AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY...OR 28 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PARK RAPIDS BY 650 PM CDT... DORSET AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMMAVILLE BY 700 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4676 9528 4683 9546 4727 9487 4709 9468 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 232DEG 41KT 4683 9519 $$ TG/BH
000 WWUS53 KFGF 122357 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 657 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MNC005-130007- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/ BECKER MN- 657 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BECKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 657 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EAST CENTRAL BECKER COUNTY SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4684 9513 4698 9517 4727 9487 4708 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 233DEG 42KT 4692 9499 $$ MNC057-130015- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/ HUBBARD MN- 657 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR HUBBARD COUNTY... AT 653 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARK RAPIDS...OR 38 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMMAVILLE BY 705 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4684 9513 4698 9517 4727 9487 4708 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 233DEG 42KT 4692 9499 $$ JK/BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 110 min |
| Jun 12, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Wilkin | 54 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.