Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2008, 3:41 PM CDT for Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2008, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 112041 TORFGF MNC089-135-112145- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0037.080711T2041Z-080711T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 341 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRANDQUIST...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MIDDLE RIVER AT 355 PM CDT... STRATHCONA AT 400 PM CDT... TORFIN AT 435 PM CDT... WANNASKA AT 440 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4881 9560 4856 9553 4833 9642 4849 9654 TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 246DEG 28KT 4845 9635 $$ DR/BB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112100 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 400 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC089-135-112145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080711T2145Z/ ROSEAU MN-MARSHALL MN- 400 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF STRATHCONA...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TORFIN BY 435 PM CDT... WANNASKA AND CASPERSON BY 440 PM CDT... PENCER AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SKIME BY 445 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4881 9560 4856 9553 4833 9642 4849 9654 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 246DEG 28KT 4851 9614 $$ DTR
000
WWUS53 KFGF 112127
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
427 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
MNC089-112137-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080711T2145Z/
MARSHALL MN-
427 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 427 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHEASTERN
MARSHALL COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4856 9553 4857 9588 4866 9588 4881 9561
4880 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 246DEG 28KT 4863 9573
$$
MNC135-112145-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080711T2145Z/
ROSEAU MN-
427 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY...
AT 426 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
2 MILES SOUTH OF WANNASKA...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PENCER BY 435 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4856 9553 4857 9588 4866 9588 4881 9561
4880 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 246DEG 28KT 4863 9573
$$
DR/BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.