Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 9:47 AM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 10:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 061448 TORFGF MNC057-061545- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0008.080606T1447Z-080606T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 947 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 942 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR DORSET...OR 36 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MANTRAP LAKE BY 950 AM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4715 9494 4712 9477 4693 9487 4696 9501 TIME...MOT...LOC 1447Z 197DEG 21KT 4699 9492 $$ GUST
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 061459
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
958 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-061545-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080606T1545Z/
HUBBARD MN-
958 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTY...
AT 951 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMMAVILLE...OR 32 MILES SOUTH
OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE FUNNEL CLOUD WILL BE NEAR...
MANTRAP LAKE AREA AT 1005...
TO KABEKOMA LAKE AREA BY 1015 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4711 9478 4709 9478 4704 9481 4699 9486
4701 9495 4714 9489 4713 9483 4713 9482
4713 9478 4712 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 200DEG 26KT 4706 9488
$$
GUST000
WWUS53 KFGF 061513
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1010 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-061545-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080606T1545Z/
HUBBARD MN-
1010 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTY...
AT 1005 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMMAVILLE...OR 25 MILES SOUTH
OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KABEKOMA LAKE BY 1015 AM CDT...
BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND LAPORTE BY 1025 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4699 9486 4701 9495 4710 9491 4711 9490
4712 9489 4714 9490 4713 9487 4713 9478
4712 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 200DEG 26KT 4715 9483
$$
GUST000
WWUS53 KFGF 061535
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
MNC057-061545-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080606T1545Z/
HUBBARD MN-
1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1035 AM CDT...TORNADO MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4699 9486 4701 9495 4710 9491 4711 9490
4712 9489 4714 9490 4713 9487 4713 9478
4712 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 200DEG 26KT 4732 9474
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 59 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.