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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 3, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Wnw Stephen, MN | THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FROM NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY INTO MARSHALL COUNTY. IT TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 3 MORE MILES TO ABOUT 10 WNW OF STEPHEN BY 625 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED AND BRANCHES WERE SCATTERED FROM AT LEAST TWO SHELTER BELTS A |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
658 WFUS53 KFGF 032312 TORFGF MNC069-089-NDC067-099-040000- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0004.120603T2312Z-120604T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 612 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DRAYTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... DONALDSON AROUND 635 PM CDT. STEPHEN AROUND 645 PM CDT. ARGYLE AROUND 655 PM CDT. FLORIAN AND ENGLUND AROUND 700 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4847 9653 4825 9670 4851 9733 4867 9721 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 298DEG 22KT 4855 9715 $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
725 WWUS53 KFGF 032325 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 625 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 NDC067-032335- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120604T0000Z/ PEMBINA ND- 625 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4847 9653 4825 9670 4847 9721 4863 9710 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 299DEG 35KT 4846 9695 $$ MNC069-089-NDC099-040000- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120604T0000Z/ KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN-WALSH ND- 625 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 623 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF STEPHEN...OR 20 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... STEPHEN AROUND 630 PM CDT. ARGYLE AROUND 640 PM CDT. FLORIAN AND ENGLUND AROUND 645 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4847 9653 4825 9670 4847 9721 4863 9710 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 299DEG 35KT 4846 9695 $$ TG
614 WWUS53 KFGF 032339 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 639 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 NDC099-032347- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120604T0000Z/ WALSH ND- 639 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4859 9697 4847 9653 4825 9670 4843 9711 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 299DEG 35KT 4840 9680 $$ MNC069-089-040000- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120604T0000Z/ KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN- 639 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 632 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF STEPHEN...OR 25 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED NEAR DRAYTON. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... FLORIAN AND ENGLUND AROUND 645 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4859 9697 4847 9653 4825 9670 4843 9711 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 299DEG 35KT 4840 9680 $$ TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.