Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT for Grant County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 4:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Tenney, MN | WALL CLOUD AND WEAK FUNNEL STRENGTHENING. |
| Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Nashua, MN | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED NEAR TRAVERSE COUNTY LINE. |
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, 9.8 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
- 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 172145
TORFGF
MNC051-111-167-172245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0003.090617T2145Z-090617T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
445 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF
TENNEY...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NASHUA AT 505 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF WESTERN AT 525 PM CDT...
WENDELL AT 545 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4593 9628 4601 9628 4602 9654 4616 9652
4615 9607 4591 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 277DEG 12KT 4605 9639
$$
HOPPES/G22 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 172210
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
510 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MNC051-111-167-172245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090617T2245Z/
WILKIN MN-GRANT MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
510 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL AND SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN
COUNTIES...
AT 509 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINTAH...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NASHUA BY 515 PM CDT...
WENDELL BY 545 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
&&
LAT...LON 4593 9628 4601 9628 4602 9645 4615 9642
4615 9607 4591 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 284DEG 11KT 4602 9635
$$
HOPPES/G2000
WWUS53 KFGF 172242
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
542 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MNC051-111-167-172252-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090617T2245Z/
WILKIN MN-GRANT MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
542 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN OTTER
TAIL AND SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
AT 542 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED IN SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN...
NORTHWESTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTIES. SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4593 9628 4601 9628 4602 9645 4615 9642
4615 9607 4591 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 284DEG 11KT 4600 9621
$$
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, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.