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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT for Clay County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clay County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Lawndale, MN | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. |
| Jun 20, 4:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Rothsay, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH POSSIBLE FUNNEL LOWERING. |
| Jun 20, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pelican Rapids, MN | IN TOWN OF PELICAN RAPIDS. VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Pelican Rapids, MN | DIME TO PENNY HAIL FALLING IN PELICAN RAPIDS. |
| Jun 20, 4:21 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ssw Pelican Rapids, MN | ROTATION INCREASING. FUNNEL EVIDENT. |
| Jun 20, 4:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Erhard, MN | ROTATION EVIDENT NEAR ERHARD AS VIEWED FROM WEST OF TOWN. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.
133
WFUS53 KFGF 202050
TORFGF
MNC027-111-167-202130-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0011.140620T2050Z-140620T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
350 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...
NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWNDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PELICAN RAPIDS AROUND 410 PM CDT.
DUNVILLA AROUND 415 PM CDT.
LAKE LIDA AND MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK AROUND 420 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 4672 9603 4671 9587 4645 9587 4649 9646
4666 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 258DEG 32KT 4657 9636
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HOPKINS1 follow-up statement
362
WWUS53 KFGF 202118
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
418 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
MNC027-167-202127-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140620T2130Z/
CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-
418 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4649 9628 4663 9628 4663 9616 4667 9614
4671 9587 4645 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 258DEG 32KT 4659 9614
$$
MNC111-202130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140620T2130Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
418 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PELICAN RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LIDA AND DUNVILLA AROUND 425 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK.
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 4649 9628 4663 9628 4663 9616 4667 9614
4671 9587 4645 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 258DEG 32KT 4659 9614
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 42 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.