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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 2:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 12, 2016, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 3:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Barnesville, MN | SEVERAL 12 INCH DIAMETER POPLAR TREES AND AN 18 INCH DIAMETER COTTONWOOD TREE WERE SNAPPED IN FARM SHELTER BELTS NEAR THE WILKIN COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 12, 2:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Lawndale, MN | SEVERAL 12 INCH DIAMETER POPLAR TREES AND AN 18 INCH DIAMETER COTTONWOOD TREE WERE SNAPPED IN FARM SHELTER BELTS NEAR THE CLAY COUNTY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 1002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530
WUUS53 KFGF 121935
SVRFGF
MNC005-027-111-167-122030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0021.160612T1935Z-160612T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
235 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 234 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAWNDALE...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROLLAG AROUND 245 PM CDT.
CORMORANT AROUND 255 PM CDT.
LAKE PARK AROUND 305 PM CDT.
DETROIT LAKES AROUND 310 PM CDT.
WESTBURY AROUND 315 PM CDT.
ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND
43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE LIDA GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO
NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4640 9626 4658 9655 4715 9599 4715 9587
4689 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 221DEG 38KT 4661 9632
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
SPEICHER1 follow-up statement
725
WWUS53 KFGF 122001
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
301 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
MNC005-027-111-167-122011-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160612T2030Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-WILKIN MN-CLAY MN-
301 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL...
SOUTHWESTERN BECKER...NORTHEASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4640 9626 4658 9655 4715 9599 4715 9587
4689 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 221DEG 38KT 4683 9605
$$
SPEICHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Kittson | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 47 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.