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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 2010Otter Tail County, Wadena County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2010, 3:07 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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, 2010, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDTTORNADO2 S Deer Creek, MNWEDGE TORNADO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

032 
WFUS53 KFGF 172007
TORFGF
MNC111-159-172100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0013.100617T2007Z-100617T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
307 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR MILLERVILLE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...
  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BATTLE LAKE AROUND 315 PM CDT.
  PARKERS PRAIRIE...VINING AND CLITHERALL AROUND 320 PM CDT.
  HENNING AND OTTERTAIL LAKE AROUND 325 PM CDT.
  WRIGHTSTOWN...RICHVILLE AND OTTERTAIL AROUND 330 PM CDT.

THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADIC STORM
INCLUDE ALMORA...DENT...WADENA...SEBEKA AND NIMROD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4659 9573 4679 9481 4639 9481 4638 9519
      4612 9517 4612 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 210DEG 52KT 4606 9553

$$
BH/DK
1 follow-up statement
992 
WWUS53 KFGF 172028
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
328 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

MNC111-159-172100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100617T2100Z/
WADENA MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ALMORA...OR 34 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WADENA...VERNDALE AND PERHAM AROUND 340 PM CDT.
  SEBEKA...HILLVIEW AND BLUE GRASS AROUND 350 PM CDT.
  NIMROD AROUND 355 PM CDT.
  HUNTERSVILLE AROUND 400 PM CDT.

THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADIC STORM
INCLUDE NEW YORK MILLS AND BLUFFTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4659 9573 4679 9481 4639 9481 4638 9519
      4612 9517 4612 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 210DEG 52KT 4632 9531

$$

BH/DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman67 min
Jun 17, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay12 hr
Jun 17, 9:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFNorman12 hr
Jun 17, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Polk64 min
Jun 17, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Hubbard56 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk63 min
Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Otter Tail67 min
Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena65 min
Jun 17, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake56 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Wadena54 min
Jun 17, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall, Polk46 min
Jun 17, 4:56 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena64 min
Jun 17, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall, Polk44 min
Jun 17, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake51 min
Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk30 min
Jun 17, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall51 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk46 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFNorman, Polk55 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau51 min
Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyFGFClearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more61 min
Jun 17, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson, Roseau67 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard54 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake47 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.