Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2012, 6:08 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 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, 2012, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sw Foxhome, MN | QUARTER SIZED HAIL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES |
| Jun 17, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Breckenridge, MN | REPORT RECEIVED VIA FACEBOOK. |
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 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 545 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KFGF 172308
SVRFGF
MNC111-167-NDC077-180015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0030.120617T2308Z-120618T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
608 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EVERDELL...OR 8 MILES EAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FOXHOME AROUND 620 PM CDT.
WESTERN AROUND 625 PM CDT.
ROTHSAY AND CARLISLE AROUND 640 PM CDT.
FERGUS FALLS AND ELIZABETH AROUND 645 PM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE ERHARD...PELICAN RAPIDS AND PHELPS.
FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
BETWEEN...MILE MARKERS 40 AND 58 AROUND 640 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...
MOVE QUICKLY TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4630 9688 4667 9598 4638 9569 4611 9622
4611 9626 4608 9626 4601 9639 4602 9656
4594 9656 4593 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 240DEG 22KT 4625 9642
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
TG/BB2 follow-up statements
274
WWUS53 KFGF 172323
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
623 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
MNC111-167-NDC077-180015-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120618T0015Z/
RICHLAND ND-OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN-
623 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILKIN AND
WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FOXHOME...OR 9 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARLISLE AROUND 630 PM CDT.
FERGUS FALLS AND ELIZABETH AROUND 640 PM CDT.
ERHARD AROUND 645 PM CDT.
PELICAN RAPIDS AROUND 650 PM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE EDWARDS...UNDERWOOD...MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK...LAKE LIDA...
PHELPS AND AMOR.
FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 53 AROUND 635 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 59
AROUND 640 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4630 9688 4667 9598 4638 9569 4611 9622
4611 9626 4608 9626 4601 9639 4602 9656
4594 9656 4593 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 253DEG 24KT 4624 9622
$$
TG/BB607
WWUS53 KFGF 180015
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
715 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
MNC111-167-NDC077-180025-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120618T0015Z/
RICHLAND ND-OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN-
715 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILKIN AND WESTERN OTTER TAIL
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4630 9688 4667 9598 4638 9569 4611 9622
4611 9626 4608 9626 4601 9639 4602 9656
4594 9656 4593 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 253DEG 24KT 4634 9574
$$
TG/BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Wilkin | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland, Sargent | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.