Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 9:31 AM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 10 reports 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:32 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Park Rapids, MN | |
| Jun 6, 9:32 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Park Rapids, MN | CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN WITH DAMAGE. |
| Jun 6, 9:35 AM CDT | TORNADO | Park Rapids, MN | TORNADO PRODUCED WIDESPREAD ROOF DAMAGE EAST SIDE OF PARK RAPIDS.TREES DOWN CARS IN DITCH 1 MILE NORTH OF HWY 34 ON CTY ROAD 4 NEAR EMMAVILLE/LAKE GEORGE.TREES DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN. TORNADO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. |
| Jun 6, 9:37 AM CDT | TORNADO 3 | 5 Nne Park Rapids, MN | THIS TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT 7 MILES FROM THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF BIG SAND LAKE...ACROSS PICKEREL LAKE...TO 1NW OF EMMAVILLE BY 947 AM CDT. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS AROUND 400 YARDS WITH PEAK WINDS TO 160 MPH. TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYED TWO HOMES AND DAMAGED SEVERA |
| Jun 6, 9:37 AM CDT | TORNADO 3 | 5 Nne Park Rapids, MN | TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT 7 MILES FROM THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF BIG SAND LAKE...ACROSS PICKEREL LAKE...TO 1NW OF EMMAVILLE BY 947 AM CDT. MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS AROUND 400 YARDS WITH PEAK WINDS TO 160 MPH. TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYED TWO HOMES AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTH |
| Jun 6, 9:40 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Ne Dorset, MN | |
| Jun 6, 9:42 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Ene Dorset, MN | |
| Jun 6, 9:42 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Nne Dorset, MN | THIS TORNADO RESULTED FROM A STORM SPLIT NEAR BIG SAND LAKE AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST FOR NEARLY 5 MILES. IT HAD SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS BEFORE IT LIFTED ABOUT 5 ESE OF EMMAVILLE AND EAST OF MANTRAP LAKE BY 951 AM CDT. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED OR |
| Jun 6, 9:42 AM CDT | TORNADO | Park Rapids, MN | ONE HALF MILE WIDE PATH OF DESTRUCTION REPORTED FROM PARK RAPIDS NORTHWARD. |
| Jun 6, 9:51 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Se Emmaville, 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 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 061431 TORFGF MNC057-061530- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.080606T1431Z-080606T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 931 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 928 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HUBBARD...OR 40 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PARK RAPIDS AT 935 AM CDT... DORSET AT 945 AM CDT... NEVIS AT 955 AM 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 4706 9503 4701 9479 4681 9489 4682 9510 TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 193DEG 17KT 4683 9500 $$ GUST
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 061441
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
938 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-061530-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080606T1530Z/
HUBBARD MN-
938 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTY...
AT 937 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF PARK RAPIDS...NEAR DORSET...OR 38 MILES SOUTH
OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT...
NEAR EMMAVILLE BY 945 AM CDT...
NEAR LAKE GEORGE BY 955 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
LAT...LON 4688 9487 4689 9507 4706 9503 4705 9495
4703 9491 4703 9488 4703 9487 4702 9484
4701 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 200DEG 21KT 4696 9497
$$
GUST000
WWUS53 KFGF 061533
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1032 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-061542-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080606T1530Z/
HUBBARD MN-
1032 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 AM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4688 9487 4689 9507 4706 9503 4705 9495
4703 9491 4703 9488 4703 9487 4702 9484
4701 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 200DEG 21KT 4698 9496
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 5:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 9 days |
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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.