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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2013, 8:25 PM CDT for Wadena 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
- Aug 26, 2013, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958
WFUS53 KFGF 270125
TORFGF
MNC159-270200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0015.130827T0125Z-130827T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
825 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STAPLES AIRPORT AROUND 840 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4637 9473 4636 9486 4636 9508 4651 9504
4647 9477 4640 9477 4639 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 284DEG 25KT 4640 9494
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HOPPES/HOPKINS2 follow-up statements
108
WWUS53 KFGF 270135
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
835 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
MNC159-270200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130827T0200Z/
WADENA MN-
835 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 832 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STAPLES AIRPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STAPLES AIRPORT AROUND 840 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4637 9473 4636 9486 4636 9505 4651 9501
4647 9477 4640 9477 4639 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 284DEG 25KT 4638 9484
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HOPPES/HOPKINS443
WWUS53 KFGF 270157
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
857 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
MNC159-270207-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130827T0200Z/
WADENA MN-
857 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY
MORNING.
LAT...LON 4637 9473 4636 9486 4636 9505 4651 9501
4647 9477 4640 9477 4639 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 284DEG 25KT 4635 9465
$$
HOPPES/HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.