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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2014, 4:27 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Otter Tail County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 4:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Erhard, MN | ROTATION EVIDENT NEAR ERHARD AS VIEWED FROM WEST OF TOWN. |
| Jun 20, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Star Lake, MN | HAIL FOR LAST FEW MINUTES WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. HAIL AN INCH OR MORE DEEP ACROSS THE YARDS. |
| Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Ottertail, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL OVER WALKER LAKE... ABOUT 4W OF THE TOWN OF OTTERTAIL. |
| Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Ottertail, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL OVER WALKER LAKE... ABOUT 5W OF THE TOWN OF OTTERTAIL. |
| Jun 20, 5:06 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Wnw Ottertail, MN | A FEW MINUTES OF VERY LARGE HAIL FROM ONE TO TWO INCH DIAMETER WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF OTTER TAIL LAKE. |
| Jun 20, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Wsw Ottertail, MN | A PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD AND INTERNMITTENT WATERSPOUT WAS SEEN OVER NORTHEAST OTTER TAIL LAKE. THE WATERSPOUT WAS EVIDENT FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. |
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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WFUS53 KFGF 202127 TORFGF MNC111-202215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0012.140620T2127Z-140620T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 427 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ERHARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 410 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTHSAY. AT 419 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN PELICAN RAPIDS. AT 421 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PELICAN RAPIDS. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK AND EDWARDS AROUND 435 PM CDT. STAR LAKE AND BIG MCDONALD LAKE AROUND 450 PM CDT. DENT AND AMOR AROUND 455 PM CDT. OTTERTAIL LAKE AROUND 500 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RICHVILLE. 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 4657 9556 4628 9560 4641 9622 4662 9622 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 277DEG 28KT 4652 9606 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
970 WWUS53 KFGF 202147 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 447 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 MNC111-202215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140620T2215Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 447 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 443 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... PHELPS AROUND 455 PM CDT. AMOR AROUND 500 PM CDT. OTTERTAIL LAKE AND RICHVILLE AROUND 510 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS. && LAT...LON 4656 9556 4629 9560 4638 9598 4659 9599 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 285DEG 24KT 4647 9587 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
902 WWUS53 KFGF 202205 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 505 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 MNC111-202215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140620T2215Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 505 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AMOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OTTERTAIL LAKE AROUND 510 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 4655 9557 4629 9560 4634 9582 4657 9584 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 285DEG 24KT 4643 9568 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, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 40 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.