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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 19, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2014, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Kittson County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 5 Nne Hallock, MN | LARGE TORNADO VIEWED APPROACHING FARMSTEAD FROM WEST. TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL FOLLOWED TORNADO. |
| Sep 19, 6:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Lancaster, MN | CROSSING STATE HIGHWAY 59 |
| Sep 19, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Lake Bronson, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES AND TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PERCY TOWNSHIP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WFUS53 KFGF 192329 TORFGF MNC069-200015- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0026.140919T2329Z-140920T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 629 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHCOTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALLOCK. AT 558 PM...FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEMBINA. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HALLOCK AROUND 640 PM CDT. LANCASTER AROUND 650 PM CDT. LAKE BRONSON AROUND 715 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 4885 9648 4860 9668 4882 9712 4897 9701 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 299DEG 12KT 4884 9695 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.75IN $$ VOELKER
2 follow-up statements
792
WWUS53 KFGF 192347
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
647 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
MNC069-200015-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140920T0015Z/
KITTSON MN-
647 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 644 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
LANCASTER AT 640 PM CDT.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
AT 620 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 4
MILES SOUTH OF HUMBOLDT.
AT 622 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HALLOCK.
AT 640 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
LANCASTER.
THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LANCASTER AROUND 650 PM CDT.
LAKE BRONSON AROUND 715 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4874 9695 4893 9685 4885 9648 4860 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 299DEG 12KT 4881 9687
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
VOELKER248 WWUS53 KFGF 200002 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 702 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 MNC069-200012- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140920T0015Z/ KITTSON MN- 702 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KITTSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4874 9695 4893 9685 4885 9648 4860 9668 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 299DEG 12KT 4878 9679 $$ VOELKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 45 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.