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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Becker County, Hubbard County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 4, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Becker County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Menahga, MN | FELL BETWEEN 838 AND 848 PM CDT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
489 WUUS53 KFGF 050112 SVRFGF MNC005-057-159-050215- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0067.120705T0112Z-120705T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 812 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 808 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 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSAGE...OR 30 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MIDWAY AROUND 820 PM CDT. EMMAVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT. PARK RAPIDS AROUND 835 PM CDT. MENAHGA AND DORSET AROUND 845 PM CDT. THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HUBBARD...NEVIS...AKELEY AND HUNTERSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. && LAT...LON 4661 9496 4685 9540 4724 9506 4702 9465 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 298DEG 17KT 4694 9522 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JAR
1 follow-up statement
182
WWUS53 KFGF 050146
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
846 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
MNC005-050155-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120705T0215Z/
BECKER MN-
846 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4661 9496 4672 9516 4698 9517 4714 9490
4702 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 298DEG 17KT 4686 9501
$$
MNC057-159-050215-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120705T0215Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
846 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 841 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
NORTHWEST OF HUBBARD...OR 38 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUBBARD AROUND 850 PM CDT.
NEVIS AROUND 900 PM CDT.
AKELEY AROUND 905 PM CDT.
HUNTERSVILLE AROUND 910 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4661 9496 4672 9516 4698 9517 4714 9490
4702 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 298DEG 17KT 4686 9501
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 50 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.