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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2015, 5:37 PM CDT for Grant County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 12, 2015, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Wsw Wendell, MN | |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Vining, MN | BETWEEN OTTER TAIL AND VINING. |
| Jul 12, 6:03 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Deer Creek, MN | |
| Jul 12, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Deer Creek, MN | TREES BROKEN DOWN AND GARDENS FLATTENED. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Se Elbow Lake, MN | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH POSSIBLE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WFUS53 KFGF 122237
TORFGF
MNC051-111-167-122315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0046.150712T2237Z-150712T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
537 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 535 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FERGUS
FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER TORNADOS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS AND NEAR THE
GRANT AND OTTER TAIL COUNTY LINE.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DALTON AROUND 550 PM CDT.
UNDERWOOD AROUND 555 PM CDT.
PHELPS AROUND 605 PM CDT.
BATTLE LAKE...CLITHERALL...SOUTHWESTERN OTTERTAIL LAKE AND VINING
AROUND 615 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.
IF ON OR NEAR BATTLE LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE
INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN
A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4602 9626 4602 9639 4638 9633 4650 9519
4611 9515 4611 9577 4590 9576 4590 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 261DEG 24KT 4624 9607
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SPEICHER1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KFGF 122253
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
553 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
MNC051-111-167-122315-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150712T2315Z/
WILKIN MN-OTTER TAIL MN-GRANT MN-
553 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN...SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL AND NORTHERN GRANT
COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WENDELL...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR THE GRANT COUNTY LINE
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DALTON AND ASHBY AROUND 615 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
IF ON OR NEAR BATTLE LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE
INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN
A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4602 9631 4639 9627 4650 9519 4611 9515
4611 9577 4590 9576 4590 9626 4602 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 261DEG 15KT 4611 9608
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SPEICHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Marshall | 12 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Otter Tail | 12 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 49 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.