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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 12, 2008Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 7:11 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hubbard County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12, 7:14 PM CDTTORNADO 13 Ssw Nevis, MNA TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO AROUND 2 SE NEVIS BY 717 PM CDT. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR UPROOTED ALONG A PATH WHICH CROSSED CR 13 SOUTH OF STATE HWY 34. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 90 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH 50 YARDS.
Jun 12, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 11 N Nevis, MNDIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FROM 720 TO 726 PM CDT.
Jun 12, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 N Nevis, MNDIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FROM 720 TO 726 PM CDT.
Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 E Laporte, MN
Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Laporte, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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 130012
TORFGF
MNC057-130045-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0013.080613T0011Z-080613T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
711 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF
  NEVIS...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AKELEY AT 715 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENEDICT AT 725 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 4691 9490 4703 9508 4730 9466 4697 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 242DEG 38KT 4699 9483

$$

JK/BH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 130028
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
726 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNC057-130045-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080613T0045Z/
HUBBARD MN-
726 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
HUBBARD COUNTY...

AT 721 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
4 MILES NORTH OF AKELEY...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO 
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PUBLIC HAS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR 
NEVIS AT APPROXIMATELY 715 PM.

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 4691 9490 4703 9508 4730 9466 4697 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 241DEG 38KT 4708 9466

$$

JK/BH
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 130043
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
743 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNC057-130053-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080613T0045Z/
HUBBARD MN-
743 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4691 9490 4703 9508 4730 9466 4697 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 241DEG 38KT 4716 9443

$$

JK/BH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington43 min
Jun 12, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena28 min
Jun 12, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen, Polk54 min
Jun 12, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater28 min
Jun 12, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau59 min
Jun 12, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Mahnomen57 min
Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods16 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Otter Tail, Wilkin65 min
Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Hubbard, Otter Tail58 min
Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail34 min
Jun 12, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau49 min
Jun 12, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard33 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail29 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson29 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.