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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2014, 3:18 PM CDT for Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 20, 2014, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:21 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ene Christine, ND | PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR RED RIVER...BETWEEN CHRISTINE ND AND WOLVERTON MN |
| Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Lawndale, MN | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WFUS53 KFGF 202018 TORFGF MNC027-167-NDC077-202100- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0010.140620T2018Z-140620T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 318 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 316 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOLVERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAKER AROUND 340 PM CDT. BARNESVILLE AROUND 350 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 4680 9631 4651 9632 4644 9677 4661 9687 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 241DEG 23KT 4657 9669 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
297 WWUS53 KFGF 202032 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 332 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 NDC077-202042- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140620T2100Z/ RICHLAND ND- 332 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4665 9676 4680 9631 4651 9632 4646 9665 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 241DEG 23KT 4661 9658 $$ MNC027-167-202100- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140620T2100Z/ CLAY MN-WILKIN MN- 332 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WILKIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 329 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF WOLVERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAKER AROUND 340 PM CDT. BARNESVILLE AROUND 350 PM CDT. FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 20 AROUND 350 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 26 AROUND 355 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 4665 9676 4680 9631 4651 9632 4646 9665 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 241DEG 23KT 4661 9658 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
300 WWUS53 KFGF 202045 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 MNC027-167-202100- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140620T2100Z/ CLAY MN-WILKIN MN- 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILKIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BARNESVILLE AROUND 350 PM CDT. FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 20 AROUND 350 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 26 AROUND 355 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS. && LAT...LON 4671 9659 4680 9631 4651 9632 4648 9649 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 241DEG 23KT 4665 9647 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 65 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.