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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 2008Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2008, 9:09 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 150209
TORFGF
MNC007-150315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0049.080715T0209Z-080715T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
909 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 1015 PM CDT

* AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PONEMAH...OR 34 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE
  EAST AT 36 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUM AT 920 PM CDT...
  SHOOKS AT 940 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF FUNKLEY AT 945 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 4777 9440 4790 9502 4809 9502 4799 9440
      4786 9441 4785 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 286DEG 31KT 4796 9485

$$

BH/BB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 150233
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
933 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008

MNC007-150315-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080715T0315Z/
BELTRAMI MN-
933 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY...

AT 930 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUM...OR 32 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 36 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KELLIHER BY 950 PM CDT...
  SHOOKS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF FUNKLEY BY 955 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 4777 9442 4786 9482 4787 9483 4806 9483
      4799 9440 4788 9441 4786 9441 4785 9440
      4778 9441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 286DEG 31KT 4793 9469

$$

BH/JK

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, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami	56 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

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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.