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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 18, 2009, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Nnw Wahpeton, ND | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH WEAK FUNNEL. |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Wnw Foxhome, MN | GUSTNADO OBSERVED IN THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHELF CLOUD. |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Wahpeton, ND | QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH REPORTED AT THE ND STATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE. |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Brushvale, MN | SEVERAL LARGE 4-6 INCH TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN. |
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 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 182238 TORFGF MNC167-NDC077-182330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0006.090618T2238Z-090618T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 538 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF GALCHUTT...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRUSHVALE AT 550 PM CDT... EVERDELL AT 625 PM CDT... FOXHOME AT 630 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. && LAT...LON 4646 9630 4620 9629 4635 9688 4651 9684 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 283DEG 19KT 4638 9675 $$ TG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 182253 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 553 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 MNC167-NDC077-182330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090618T2330Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 553 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES... AT 548 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSHVALE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A WALL CLOUD WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EVERDELL BY 625 PM CDT... FOXHOME BY 630 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. && LAT...LON 4646 9630 4620 9629 4635 9688 4651 9684 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 283DEG 19KT 4636 9663 $$ TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Kittson | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Ransom | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 17 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 3 hr |
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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.