Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT for Marshall County, Minnesota; Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, MN, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 2116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WFUS53 KFGF 241944 TORFGF MNC089-NDC099-242045- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.100524T1944Z-100524T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 244 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... EASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG WOODS...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALVARADO AROUND 250 PM CDT. MARCH AROUND 255 PM CDT. WARREN...STEPHEN AND ARGYLE AROUND 305 PM CDT. RADIUM AROUND 320 PM CDT. THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE FLORIAN...VIKING...ROSEWOOD AND HOLT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4855 9622 4818 9609 4820 9724 4853 9727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 255DEG 33KT 4829 9711 $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
721 WWUS53 KFGF 242008 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 308 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NDC099-242017- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100524T2045Z/ WALSH ND- 308 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4853 9706 4855 9622 4818 9609 4820 9702 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 26KT 4832 9684 $$ MNC089-242045- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100524T2045Z/ MARSHALL MN- 308 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARGYLE...OR 25 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... RADIUM AROUND 320 PM CDT. OLD MILL STATE PARK AND FLORIAN AROUND 330 PM CDT. ENGLUND AROUND 335 PM CDT. VIKING AROUND 340 PM CDT. THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE STRANDQUIST...ROSEWOOD...NEWFOLDEN AND HOLT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 4853 9706 4855 9622 4818 9609 4820 9702 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 26KT 4832 9684 $$ JK
383 WWUS53 KFGF 242045 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 345 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 MNC089-242055- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100524T2045Z/ MARSHALL MN- 345 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4853 9706 4855 9622 4818 9609 4820 9702 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 251DEG 26KT 4832 9683 $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 28 min |
| May 24, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen | 49 min |
| May 24, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen | 8 hr |
| May 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen | 47 min |
| May 24, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Kittson | 18 hr |
| May 24, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | 58 min |
| May 24, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 9 hr |
| May 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 25 min |
| May 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 64 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 54 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 43 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 13 hr |
| May 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 63 min |
| May 24, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 66 min |
| May 24, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele | 28 min |
| May 24, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey | 7 hr |
| May 24, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Ransom | 64 min |
| May 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele | 62 min |
| May 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Barnes | 15 hr |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Steele, Traill | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.