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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 6, 2008Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 9:53 AM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 10:37 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hubbard County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 9:55 AM CDTTORNADO 13 S Lake George, MNA TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST FOR NEARLY 3 MILES AND LIFTED ABOUT 1 ESE OF LAKE GEORGE BY 1003 PM CDT. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR UPROOTED ACROSS SCHOOLCRAFT LAKE ROAD AND ALONG CR 4. PEAK WIND SPEED ESTIMATED TO 105 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDT
Jun 6, 10:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLake George, MNA FEW LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN DOWN.

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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 061453
TORFGF
MNC057-061600-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.080606T1453Z-080606T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
953 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 1100 AM CDT

* AT 951 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE
  NORTH AT 24 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE GEORGE AT 1000 AM CDT...
  KABEKONA AT 1010 AM CDT...
  GUTHRIE AT 1020 AM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4735 9504 4730 9478 4707 9494 4710 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 198DEG 21KT 4716 9497

$$

GUST
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 061502
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1002 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MNC057-061600-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080606T1600Z/
HUBBARD MN-
1002 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTY...

AT 1001 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LAKE GEORGE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO 
THE NORTH AT 24 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KABEKONA BY 1010 AM CDT...
  GUTHRIE BY 1020 AM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4735 9504 4730 9478 4707 9494 4710 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 198DEG 21KT 4721 9495

$$

GUST
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 061537
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1037 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MNC057-061547-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080606T1600Z/
HUBBARD MN-
1037 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUBBARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 1037 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 4735 9504 4730 9478 4707 9494 4710 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 198DEG 21KT 4740 9486

$$

GUST

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard59 min
Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard48 min
Jun 6, 10:23 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard, Wadena40 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay9 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.