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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2014, 8:24 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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 21, 2014, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 21, 8:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Greenview, MN | NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS SNAPPED IN FARMSTEADS AND SHELTER BELTS ACROSS NORTHERN SCANDIA AND FAR SOUTHERN HAMMOND TOWNSHIPS. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED FROM 80 TO 90 MPH. |
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 7 E Greenview, MN | BRIEF AND INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS LIKELY ALONG A 2 MILE TRACK TO NEAR MELVIN BY 842 PM CDT. TORNADO WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN DOWN ACROSS CHICOG WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. PEAK |
| Jun 21, 8:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 N Fertile, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH SMALL FUNNEL. |
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 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783
WFUS53 KFGF 220124
TORFGF
MNC119-220215-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0014.140622T0124Z-140622T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
824 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELTRAMI...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GREENVIEW AND BELTRAMI AROUND 830 PM CDT.
MELVIN AROUND 845 PM CDT.
MAPLE BAY AND DUGDALE AROUND 900 PM CDT.
MENTOR AROUND 910 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 4749 9655 4750 9671 4765 9677 4775 9606
4757 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 254DEG 27KT 4759 9661
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DTR2 follow-up statements
357
WWUS53 KFGF 220148
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
848 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
MNC119-220215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140622T0215Z/
POLK MN-
848 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 844 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MELVIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MENTOR AROUND 900 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4749 9655 4750 9671 4765 9677 4775 9606
4757 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 254DEG 30KT 4765 9628
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DTR800
WWUS53 KFGF 220211
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
911 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
MNC119-220221-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140622T0215Z/
POLK MN-
911 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER MENTOR AND SPOTTERS AND RADAR INDICATE
THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY.
LAT...LON 4749 9655 4750 9671 4765 9677 4775 9606
4757 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 254DEG 30KT 4769 9600
$$
DTRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 43 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.