Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 3:55 PM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2009, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 17, 4:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Doran, MN | PUBLIC REPORT OF A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED TO SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
| Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Tenney, MN | WALL CLOUD AND WEAK FUNNEL STRENGTHENING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 172055
TORFGF
MNC167-172145-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0002.090617T2055Z-090617T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
355 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TENNEY AT 435 PM CDT...
CAMPBELL AT 445 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4604 9658 4606 9656 4617 9657 4620 9628
4601 9627 4602 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 268DEG 11KT 4607 9664
$$
G2/JK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KFGF 172132
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
432 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MNC167-172145-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090617T2145Z/
WILKIN MN-
432 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY...
AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TENNEY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TENNEY BY 440 PM CDT...
CAMPBELL AND 7 MILES WEST OF NASHUA BY 445 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4604 9658 4606 9656 4617 9657 4620 9628
4601 9627 4602 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 268DEG 11KT 4607 9650
$$
HOPPES/G2The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Wilkin | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 10 days |
| Jun 17, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 12 days |
| Jun 17, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 16 days |
| Jun 17, 10:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 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.