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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 6:04 PM CDT for Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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 27, 2015, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 27, 6:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S March, MN | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jun 27, 6:35 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Wsw Angus, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL WERE VIEWED FROM THE SHERACK AREA. REPORT AND PHOTO POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 27, 6:35 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Wsw Angus, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL WERE VIEWED FROM THE SHERACK AREA. REPORT AND PHOTO POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.. TIME APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 27, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Angus, MN | HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
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 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
830
WFUS53 KFGF 272304
TORFGF
MNC089-119-272345-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0024.150627T2304Z-150627T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
604 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MARCH...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF GRAND
FORKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN AROUND 625 PM CDT.
ANGUS AND RADIUM AROUND 645 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 OFFICE IN
GRAND FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4814 9701 4830 9697 4830 9657 4801 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 298DEG 14KT 4823 9688
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JK2 follow-up statements
237
WWUS53 KFGF 272329
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
629 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC089-272338-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150627T2345Z/
MARSHALL MN-
629 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4811 9691 4817 9688 4817 9658 4801 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 311DEG 25KT 4810 9676
$$
MNC119-272345-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150627T2345Z/
POLK MN-
629 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...
AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ANGUS...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ANGUS AROUND 635 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4811 9691 4817 9688 4817 9658 4801 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 311DEG 25KT 4810 9676
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JK364
WWUS53 KFGF 272342
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC119-272351-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150627T2345Z/
POLK MN-
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4811 9691 4817 9688 4817 9658 4801 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 298DEG 14KT 4810 9676
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 30 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.