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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2014, 6:04 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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 11, 2014, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Sebeka, MN | |
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ene Blue Grass, MN | A TORNADO TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR 1 MILE OR MORE INTO INACCESSIBLE FOREST LANDS THROUGH AROUND 618 PM CDT. SEVERAL POPLAR TREES WITH DIAMETERS OF 12 INCHES OR GREATER WERE SNAPPED AT GROUND LEVEL UP TO AROUND 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. PEAK TORNADO WIDTH E |
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Blue Grass, MN | LOCALIZED SURFACE FLOODING...WATER IN BASEMENT AS WELL |
| Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ssw Oylen, MN | |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 W Oylen, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
627 WFUS53 KFGF 112304 TORFGF MNC111-159-112345- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.140611T2304Z-140611T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 604 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CENTRAL WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE GRASS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NIMROD AROUND 625 PM CDT. OYLEN AROUND 630 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 4641 9511 4657 9524 4673 9478 4648 9477 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 258DEG 23KT 4654 9504 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
237 WWUS53 KFGF 112322 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 622 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 MNC111-112332- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140611T2345Z/ OTTER TAIL MN- 622 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4643 9501 4665 9501 4673 9478 4648 9477 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 258DEG 23KT 4656 9488 $$ MNC159-112345- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140611T2345Z/ WADENA MN- 622 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WADENA COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE GRASS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. THE DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OYLEN AROUND 630 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 4643 9501 4665 9501 4673 9478 4648 9477 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 258DEG 23KT 4656 9488 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ HOPKINS
450 WWUS53 KFGF 112341 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 641 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 MNC159-112351- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140611T2345Z/ WADENA MN- 641 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WADENA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4643 9501 4665 9501 4673 9478 4648 9477 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 258DEG 23KT 4658 9471 $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Marshall | 16 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 15 hr |
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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.