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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2008, 8:49 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 14, 2008, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beltrami County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Kelliher, MN |
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 14, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 150149 TORFGF MNC007-150245- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0048.080715T0149Z-080715T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 849 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES EAST OF THORHULT...OR 49 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OTTO AT 925 PM CDT... WASKISH AT 930 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 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4790 9441 4806 9518 4829 9519 4829 9442 TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 282DEG 28KT 4818 9503 $$ BH/BB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 150206 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 906 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 MNC007-150245- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080715T0245Z/ BELTRAMI MN- 905 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY... AT 903 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM REMAINS OVER THE UPPER RED LAKE. BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PONEMAH...OR 39 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SAUM BY 915 PM CDT... SHOTLEY AND OTTO BY 920 PM CDT... KELLIHER BY 940 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4806 9518 4824 9514 4829 9442 4790 9441 TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 282DEG 28KT 4805 9480 $$ BH/BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 56 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.