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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 9:08 PM CDT for Grant County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Sw Dalton, MN | LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN THE DALTON AND ASHBY EXITS. |
| Jun 27, 9:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ne Elbow Lake, MN | A PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD AND BRIEF FUNNEL WERE OBSERVED ...PHOTOGRAPHED AND REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AS IT PASSED BETWEEN ELBOW LAKE AND ASHBY. |
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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478
WFUS53 KFGF 280208
TORFGF
MNC051-111-280300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0034.150628T0208Z-150628T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
908 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DALTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS
FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELBOW LAKE AND ASHBY AROUND 920 PM CDT.
ERDAHL AROUND 925 PM CDT.
BARRETT AROUND 930 PM CDT.
HOFFMAN AROUND 940 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 4615 9616 4626 9592 4611 9577 4576 9576
4576 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 318DEG 35KT 4612 9601
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
880
WWUS53 KFGF 280221
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
921 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC111-280230-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150628T0300Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
921 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4576 9601 4608 9605 4611 9596 4611 9577
4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 318DEG 35KT 4602 9588
$$
MNC051-280300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150628T0300Z/
GRANT MN-
921 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 920 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ERDAHL...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ERDAHL AROUND 925 PM CDT.
BARRETT AROUND 930 PM CDT.
HOFFMAN AROUND 940 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 4576 9601 4608 9605 4611 9596 4611 9577
4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 318DEG 35KT 4602 9588
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DK450
WWUS53 KFGF 280258
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
958 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC051-280307-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150628T0300Z/
GRANT MN-
958 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4576 9601 4608 9605 4611 9596 4611 9577
4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 318DEG 35KT 4602 9588
$$
SPEICHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 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.