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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2008, 4:40 PM CDT for Clearwater County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clearwater County, MN, Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 112140 TORFGF MNC029-119-112245- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0044.080711T2140Z-080711T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 440 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 435 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF FOSSTON...OR 40 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEME AT 455 PM CDT... BAGLEY AT 500 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLEARBROOK AT 505 PM CDT... SHEVLIN AT 510 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 4776 9521 4753 9520 4750 9574 4758 9586 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 254DEG 31KT 4753 9567 $$ DR/BB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112158 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 458 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC119-112208- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/ POLK MN- 458 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 458 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4753 9520 4751 9554 4766 9554 4776 9521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 254DEG 31KT 4757 9545 $$ MNC029-112245- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/ CLEARWATER MN- 458 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CLEARWATER COUNTY... AT 453 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF EBRO...OR 30 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHEVLIN BY 510 PM CDT... LEONARD BY 515 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 4753 9520 4751 9554 4766 9554 4776 9521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 254DEG 31KT 4757 9545 $$ DR/BB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112211 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 511 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC029-112245- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/ CLEARWATER MN- 510 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CLEARWATER COUNTY... AT 507 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEVLIN...OR 20 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY AT 520 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4753 9520 4751 9554 4766 9554 4776 9521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 254DEG 31KT 4757 9526 $$ DR/BB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112224 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 524 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 MNC029-112234- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/ CLEARWATER MN- 524 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLEARWATER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 524 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN CENTRAL CLEARWATER 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 4753 9520 4751 9554 4766 9554 4776 9521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 254DEG 31KT 4760 9509 $$ 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, 4:16 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 | 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.