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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2009, 9:06 PM CDT for Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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 26, 2009, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 26, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Hillsboro, ND | SEMI TRACTOR AND TRAILER BLOWN OFF I-29 NORTH OF HILLSBORO... EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| Jun 26, 9:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sse Hillsboro, ND | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL VIEWED BY FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL. |
| Jun 26, 9:50 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 Sw Caledonia, ND | A TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT A MILE TO NEAR CALEDONIA BY 953 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN DOWN AND A FEW SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF OF HOMES. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO 80 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 2632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 270206
TORFGF
MNC107-119-NDC097-270300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0017.090627T0206Z-090627T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
906 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
EASTERN TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CALEDONIA AT 930 PM CDT...
SHELLY AT 940 PM CDT...
NIELSVILLE AT 950 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4768 9686 4758 9683 4754 9660 4729 9690
4740 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 220DEG 16KT 4737 9701
$$
DK/JK3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 270229
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
929 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
MNC107-119-NDC097-270300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090627T0300Z/
NORMAN MN-TRAILL ND-POLK MN-
929 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NORMAN...SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN TRAILL
COUNTIES...
AT 929 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HILLSBORO...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CALEDONIA BY 955 PM CDT...
NIELSVILLE AND SHELLY BY 1000 PM CDT...
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 107 AT 930 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4768 9686 4758 9683 4754 9660 4729 9690
4740 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 235DEG 18KT 4741 9705
$$
DK/JK000
WWUS53 KFGF 270250
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
950 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
MNC107-119-NDC097-270300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090627T0300Z/
NORMAN MN-TRAILL ND-POLK MN-
950 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NORMAN...SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND NORTHEASTERN TRAILL
COUNTIES...
AT 949 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
2 MILES WEST OF CALEDONIA...OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CALEDONIA BY 955 PM CDT...
NIELSVILLE AND SHELLY BY 1000 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4746 9706 4768 9686 4758 9683 4754 9660
4736 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 235DEG 18KT 4747 9693
$$
DK/JK000
WWUS53 KFGF 270257
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
957 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
MNC107-119-NDC097-270307-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090627T0300Z/
NORMAN MN-TRAILL ND-POLK MN-
957 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORMAN...SOUTHWESTERN POLK
AND NORTHEASTERN TRAILL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4746 9706 4768 9686 4758 9683 4754 9660
4736 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 235DEG 18KT 4749 9688
$$
DK/JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 14 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington, Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Norman | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 11 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 3 days |
| Jun 27, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 6 days |
| Jun 27, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 6 days |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh | 11 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Walsh | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 7:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Nelson, Walsh | 3 days |
| Jun 27, 10:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 26 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Towner | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Nelson | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 4:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 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.