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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 20166 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:55 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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 17, 2016, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 17, 9:30 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Rochert, MN	REPORT AND PHOTO POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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 17, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

116 
WUUS53 KFGF 171355
SVRFGF
MNC005-027-029-087-107-111-171500-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0035.160617T1355Z-160617T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
855 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 855 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR SYRE TO NEAR DUNVILLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNVILLA AND CORMORANT AROUND 900 AM CDT. 
  NORTHERN LAKE LIDA AROUND 905 AM CDT. 
  SHOREHAM AROUND 915 AM CDT. 
  OGEMA...VERGAS AND WAUBUN AROUND 925 AM CDT. 
  WHITE EARTH AND FRAZEE AROUND 935 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4668 9522 4658 9616 4722 9634 4730 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 273DEG 24KT 4715 9622 4665 9609 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TG

1 follow-up statement

886 
WWUS53 KFGF 171425
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
925 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC027-107-171433-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160617T1500Z/
NORMAN MN-CLAY MN-
925 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORMAN AND
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4659 9610 4725 9604 4730 9546 4668 9522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 260DEG 36KT 4725 9570 4664 9583 

$$

MNC005-029-087-111-171500-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160617T1500Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-CLEARWATER MN-MAHNOMEN MN-
925 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL...BECKER...SOUTHWESTERN CLEARWATER AND
SOUTHERN MAHNOMEN COUNTIES...

AT 923 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAYTAHWAUSH TO VERGAS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NAYTAHWAUSH AND TULABY LAKE AROUND 930 AM CDT. 
  FRAZEE AROUND 935 AM CDT. 
  SOUTHWESTERN LONG LOST LAKE AROUND 940 AM CDT. 
  EVERGREEN AROUND 950 AM CDT. 
  BUTLER AROUND 955 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4659 9610 4725 9604 4730 9546 4668 9522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 260DEG 36KT 4725 9570 4664 9583 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	35 min
Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	22 min
Jun 17, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson, Roseau	53 min
Jun 17, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	35 min
Jun 17, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	57 min
Jun 17, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall	7 hr
Jun 17, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	60 min
Jun 17, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Polk	74 min
Jun 17, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker, Clay	51 min
Jun 17, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	38 min
Jun 17, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	61 min
Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	110 min
Jun 17, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	55 min
Jun 17, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods	44 min
Jun 17, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 1 more	54 min
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	38 min
Jun 17, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	32 min
Jun 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	43 min
Jun 17, 11:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	10 days
Jun 17, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	41 min
Jun 17, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Hubbard	40 min
Jun 17, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Otter Tail	64 min
Jun 17, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	34 min
Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena	60 min
Jun 17, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena	57 min
Jun 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Douglas	65 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Kittson	6 days

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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.