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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2008, 8:16 PM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min. 7 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 14, 2008, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Nnw Fargo, ND | MEASURED AT KFAR FARGO HECTOR AIRPORT. |
| Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Fargo, ND | |
| Jun 14, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fargo, ND | MEDIUM SIZED TREE DOWN ACROSS STREET 6TH STREET AND 1ST AVE N. POWER LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Jun 14, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 E Mapleton, ND | |
| Jun 14, 8:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Fargo, ND | |
| Jun 14, 8:27 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 S Fargo, ND | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH INTERMITTENT FUNNEL OBSERVED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THIS STRUCTURE WAS VIEWED AT IT MOVED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH FARGO AND SOUTH MOORHEAD UNTIL AROUND 835 PM CDT. A PROMINENT SHELF CLOUD EXTENDED NORTHEAST OF THIS STRUCTURE WHICH AFFE |
| Jun 14, 8:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Ese Moorhead, MN | JUST NORTH OF I-94 AT MP 5. |
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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 150116 TORFGF MNC027-NDC017-150215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0021.080615T0116Z-080615T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 816 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FARGO... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HORACE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 68 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 7 MILES NORTH OF RUSTAD AT 820 PM CDT... DILWORTH AT 825 PM CDT... GLYNDON AT 830 PM CDT... MUSKODA AT 835 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 4703 9626 4672 9623 4672 9703 4690 9706 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 265DEG 59KT 4682 9690 $$ DK/BH
5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 150125
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
823 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC027-NDC017-150215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CLAY MN-CASS ND-
823 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 821 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR FRONTIER...OR IN SOUTH FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD AS REPORTED BY THE
PUBLIC.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FARGO AT 825 PM CDT...
SABIN AND DILWORTH BY 830 PM CDT...
GLYNDON AND DOWNER BY 835 PM CDT...
MUSKODA BY 840 PM CDT...
HAWLEY BY 845 PM CDT...
INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 2 AROUND 825 PM CDT...
AND MILE MARKER 13 AROUND 835 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4678 9703 4690 9706 4703 9626 4672 9633
4672 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 261DEG 61KT 4679 9681
$$
DK/BH000
WWUS53 KFGF 150133
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
832 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC027-NDC017-150215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CLAY MN-CASS ND-
832 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CASS
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
AT 831 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
2 MILES EAST OF SABIN...OR 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 70 MPH. A WALL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM BY THE
PUBLIC.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MUSKODA BY 840 PM CDT...
HAWLEY BY 845 PM CDT...
INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 10 AROUND 830 PM CDT...
AND MILE MARKER 16 AROUND 835 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 4673 9684 4680 9681 4691 9679 4703 9627
4701 9626 4672 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 261DEG 61KT 4677 9658
$$
DK/BH000
WWUS53 KFGF 150139
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
NDC017-150149-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CASS ND-
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED...
AT 839 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL CASS COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4676 9667 4684 9669 4693 9669 4703 9627
4702 9626 4696 9627 4693 9629 4688 9629
4680 9632 4679 9631 4677 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 261DEG 61KT 4675 9640
$$
MNC027-150215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CLAY MN-
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLAY COUNTY...
AT 835 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR DOWNER...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
50 MPH.
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 4676 9667 4684 9669 4693 9669 4703 9627
4702 9626 4696 9627 4693 9629 4688 9629
4680 9632 4679 9631 4677 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 261DEG 61KT 4675 9640
$$
DK000
WWUS53 KFGF 150151
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC027-150215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CLAY MN-
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLAY COUNTY...
AT 849 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
4 MILES WEST OF CORMORANT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF DETROIT LAKES...
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4682 9669 4693 9668 4702 9629 4702 9626
4696 9627 4694 9629 4687 9629 4682 9632
4677 9632 4676 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 261DEG 61KT 4674 9612
$$
DK/BH000
WWUS53 KFGF 150156
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
856 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
MNC027-150206-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080615T0215Z/
CLAY MN-
856 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 856 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN CENTRAL CLAY
COUNTY SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4682 9669 4693 9668 4702 9629 4702 9626
4696 9627 4694 9629 4687 9629 4682 9632
4677 9632 4676 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 261DEG 61KT 4671 9596
$$
DK/BHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman, Polk | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wilkin | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele and 1 more | 33 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.