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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2008, 8:11 AM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 10, 2008, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Wnw Wahpeton, ND | WIND GUST MEASURED BY NDAWN WIND SENSOR. |
| Jul 10, 8:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Kent, MN | |
| Jul 10, 8:30 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Wahpeton, ND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 101311 TORFGF MNC167-NDC077-101345- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0032.080710T1311Z-080710T1345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 811 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAHPETON... SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 809 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF COLFAX...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DWIGHT AT 820 AM CDT... WAHPETON AT 825 AM CDT... BRECKENRIDGE AT 830 AM CDT... DORAN AT 835 AM 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 100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4617 9635 4606 9660 4647 9698 4656 9675 TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 330DEG 46KT 4643 9679 $$ PR/BH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 101325 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 825 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 MNC167-NDC077-101345- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080710T1345Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 825 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTIES... AT 823 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF DWIGHT...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRECKENRIDGE BY 830 AM CDT... DORAN BY 835 AM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4617 9635 4606 9660 4638 9689 4647 9666 TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 330DEG 46KT 4627 9666 $$ PR/BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Wilkin | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Wilkin | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 35 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.