Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 213 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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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 3219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WUUS53 KFGF 022010 SVRFGF MNC007-077-022045- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0045.120702T2010Z-120702T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 310 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAUNCE...OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OAKS CORNER AND FAUNCE AROUND 315 PM CDT. CARP AROUND 345 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. && LAT...LON 4833 9461 4835 9524 4868 9510 4870 9461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 272DEG 15KT 4859 9497 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN $$ VG
2 follow-up statements
062 WWUS53 KFGF 022027 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 327 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 MNC007-077-022045- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120702T2045Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN- 327 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI AND SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF FAUNCE...OR 44 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARP AROUND 345 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. && LAT...LON 4833 9461 4835 9524 4868 9510 4870 9461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 272DEG 15KT 4859 9486 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ VG
557 WWUS53 KFGF 022045 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 345 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 MNC007-077-022056- /O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120702T2045Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN- 345 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI AND SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA 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 4833 9461 4835 9524 4868 9510 4870 9461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 272DEG 15KT 4859 9487 $$ VG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:15 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 57 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.