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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2008, 9:26 PM CDT for Marshall County, Pennington County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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 16, 2008, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 W Newfolden, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 170226
TORFGF
MNC089-113-119-170330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0057.080717T0226Z-080717T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
926 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...
NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ARGYLE...OR 31 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OLD MILL STATE PARK AT 935 PM CDT...
RADIUM AT 940 PM CDT...
VIKING AT 955 PM CDT...
CARPENTERS CORNER AT 1000 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A WALL CLOUD AND A HISTORY OF PERIODIC FUNNEL CLOUDS.
THE TORNADO MAY BE HIDDEN BY RAIN. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4854 9651 4807 9597 4795 9666 4837 9695
4853 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 307DEG 28KT 4836 9670
$$
PJS/TG3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 170246
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
946 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
MNC089-113-119-170330-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080717T0330Z/
PENNINGTON MN-MARSHALL MN-POLK MN-
945 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN PENNINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES SOUTH OF OLD MILL STATE PARK...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIEF
RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
VIKING AND CARPENTERS CORNER BY 1000 PM CDT...
ROSEWOOD BY 1005 PM CDT...
ROSEWOOD BY 1010 PM CDT...
DAKOTA JUNCTION BY 1015 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
LAT...LON 4854 9651 4807 9597 4795 9666 4837 9695
4853 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 309DEG 28KT 4829 9651
$$
PJS/TG000 WWUS53 KFGF 170303 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1003 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 MNC119-170313- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080717T0330Z/ POLK MN- 1003 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1003 PM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4807 9597 4800 9635 4834 9665 4846 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 293DEG 31KT 4823 9628 $$ MNC089-113-170330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080717T0330Z/ PENNINGTON MN-MARSHALL MN- 1003 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL AND NORTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES... AT 958 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIKING...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAKOTA JUNCTION AND THIEF RIVER FALLS BY 1015 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4807 9597 4800 9635 4834 9665 4846 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 293DEG 31KT 4823 9628 $$ SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KFGF 170323 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1023 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 MNC089-113-170330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080717T0330Z/ PENNINGTON MN-MARSHALL MN- 1020 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL AND NORTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAKOTA JUNCTION...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TORNADIC...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4807 9597 4800 9635 4834 9665 4846 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 293DEG 31KT 4817 9608 $$ SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 51 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.