Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 1:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 80.0 mph
Counties Becker County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Wolf Lake, MN | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN DOWN ALONG EAST END OF WOLF LAKE. TIME ESTIMATE BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jul 25, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Menahga, MN | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN DOWN AND POWER POLE SNAPPED NEAR LOWER TWIN LAKE AND THE HUBBARD COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATE BASED ON RADAR. |
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 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 2070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 250608
SVRFGF
MNC005-057-111-159-250715-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0097.120725T0608Z-120725T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
108 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF MANY POINT LAKE
TO 6 MILES EAST OF FRAZEE TO NEAR AMOR...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EVERGREEN...WOLF LAKE AND VINING AROUND 115 AM CDT.
NEW YORK MILLS...HENNING AND TWO INLETS AROUND 120 AM CDT.
PARKERS PRAIRIE...HILLVIEW AND DEER CREEK AROUND 125 AM CDT.
PARK RAPIDS...MENAHGA AND LAKE GEORGE AROUND 130 AM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDE OTTERTAIL...OSAGE...MIDWAY...EMMAVILLE...WADENA AND NEVIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4680 9480 4638 9480 4638 9516 4610 9515
4627 9584 4711 9558 4715 9517 4741 9517
4741 9467 4681 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 268DEG 45KT 4706 9542 4670 9555
4641 9567
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.00IN
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
723
WWUS53 KFGF 250643
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
143 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
MNC005-057-111-159-250715-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120725T0715Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-
143 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WADENA COUNTY
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND EASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND
EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 215 AM
CDT...
AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMMAVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF SEBEKA TO 2
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WADENA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY...SEEK SHELTER
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VERNDALE...DORSET AND BLUE GRASS AROUND 150 AM CDT.
NIMROD...KABEKONA AND HUNTERSVILLE AROUND 155 AM CDT.
NEVIS AROUND 200 AM CDT.
NARY...LAPORTE AND GUTHRIE AROUND 205 AM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDE BADOURA...AKELEY...STAPLES AIRPORT...CHAMBERLAIN AND
BENEDICT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4680 9480 4638 9480 4638 9516 4610 9515
4627 9584 4711 9558 4715 9517 4741 9517
4741 9467 4681 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 264DEG 30KT 4703 9503 4667 9503
4643 9514
WIND...HAIL 80MPH <.75IN
$$
DK322
WWUS53 KFGF 250715
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
215 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
MNC005-057-111-159-250725-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120725T0715Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-
215 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND
EASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EASTERN OTTER TAIL
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4680 9480 4638 9480 4638 9516 4610 9515
4627 9584 4711 9558 4715 9517 4741 9517
4741 9467 4681 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 264DEG 30KT 4703 9502 4667 9502
4643 9513
$$
DKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Wilkin | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 12:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 10 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Polk | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 3:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 62 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.