Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 11:56 AM CDT for Becker County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Becker County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 17, 11:58 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Lake Lida, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
784 WUUS53 KFGF 171656 SVRFGF MNC005-111-171800- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0041.160617T1656Z-160617T1800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1155 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAR LAKE... OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BIG MCDONALD LAKE...STAR LAKE AND VERGAS AROUND 1205 PM CDT. DENT AROUND 1210 PM CDT. RICHVILLE AROUND 1225 PM CDT. PERHAM AROUND 1230 PM CDT. NEW YORK MILLS AROUND 1250 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4624 9516 4647 9612 4679 9582 4676 9516 TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 272DEG 23KT 4655 9588 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
071 WWUS53 KFGF 171721 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1221 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 MNC005-111-171800- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160617T1800Z/ OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN- 1221 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL AND SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTIES... AT 1220 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RICHVILLE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... PERHAM AROUND 1225 PM CDT. NEW YORK MILLS AROUND 1250 PM CDT. BLUFFTON AROUND 100 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4645 9602 4677 9549 4676 9516 4624 9516 TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 272DEG 23KT 4654 9564 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TG
169
WWUS53 KFGF 171753
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1253 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC005-111-171802-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160617T1800Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-
1253 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL AND
SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4645 9602 4677 9549 4676 9516 4624 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 272DEG 23KT 4654 9564
$$
TGThe 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, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail | 65 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, 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.