Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 11, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 13 Ne Grygla, MN | HAIL LASTED ABOUT 1 HOUR FROM 420 TO 520 |
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 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 112116 TORFGF MNC007-077-089-135-112215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0042.080711T2116Z-080711T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 416 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATZKE...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS... MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SKIME AT 430 PM CDT... GATES CORNER AT 450 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 4872 9519 4849 9486 4829 9578 4846 9589 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 246DEG 28KT 4841 9571 $$ DR/BB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112137 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 437 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC089-112147- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080711T2215Z/ MARSHALL MN- 437 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 437 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4849 9486 4834 9558 4857 9560 4872 9519 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 230DEG 22KT 4852 9554 $$ MNC007-077-135-112215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080711T2215Z/ ROSEAU MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN- 437 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI...CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTIES... AT 435 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SKIME...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT RURAL NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT RURAL WESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY AT 500 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 4849 9486 4834 9558 4857 9560 4872 9519 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 230DEG 22KT 4852 9554 $$ DR/BB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112210 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 510 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC007-077-135-112219- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080711T2215Z/ ROSEAU MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN- 509 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI...CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS AND SOUTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4849 9486 4834 9558 4857 9560 4872 9519 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 230DEG 22KT 4865 9531 $$ DR/BB
The 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, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 64 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, 4:23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.