Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2008, 6:16 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 14, 2008, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 7:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Deer Creek, MN | EIGHT INCH TREE DOWN. |
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 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 142316
TORFGF
MNC111-167-150015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0019.080614T2316Z-080615T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
616 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DALTON AT 630 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF BATTLE LAKE AT 645 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF CLITHERALL AT 650 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF VINING AT 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
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4622 9631 4652 9625 4646 9519 4624 9518
4610 9520 4610 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 284DEG 32KT 4624 9609
$$
JK3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 142331
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
632 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC111-167-150015-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080615T0015Z/
WILKIN MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
632 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
OTTER TAIL AND EAST CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR PHELPS...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
OTTERTAIL LAKE BY 640 PM CDT...
OTTERTAIL BY 645 PM CDT...
VINING BY 650 PM CDT...
HENNING BY 655 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4622 9631 4652 9625 4646 9519 4624 9518
4610 9520 4610 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 284DEG 32KT 4638 9575
$$
JK000
WWUS53 KFGF 142342
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC167-142352-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080615T0015Z/
WILKIN MN-
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 642 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EAST CENTRAL
WILKIN COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4618 9605 4650 9598 4646 9519 4624 9518
4615 9519 4614 9520 4610 9520 4610 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 284DEG 32KT 4635 9560
$$
MNC111-150015-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080615T0015Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
AT 638 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES SOUTH OF OTTERTAIL LAKE...OR 21 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VINING BY 650 PM CDT...
HENNING BY 655 PM CDT...
ALMORA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF DEER CREEK BY 700 PM CDT...
WRIGHTSTOWN BY 710 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4618 9605 4650 9598 4646 9519 4624 9518
4615 9519 4614 9520 4610 9520 4610 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 284DEG 32KT 4635 9560
$$
JK000
WWUS53 KFGF 150008
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
705 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC111-150015-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080615T0015Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
705 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF ALMORA...OR 35 MILES EAST OF
FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 37 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TORNADIC. SO THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 730 PM FOR EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4618 9605 4650 9598 4646 9519 4624 9518
4615 9519 4614 9520 4610 9520 4610 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 284DEG 32KT 4630 9531
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 43 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 49 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.