Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2016Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 5:36 PM CDT for Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 19, 2016, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Kittson County, MN, Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 16 S Caribou, MN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

070 
WUUS53 KFGF 192236
SVRFGF
MNC069-135-192330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0049.160619T2236Z-160619T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LAKE BRONSON...OR 37 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARIBOU AROUND 600 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4899 9586 4873 9660 4888 9675 4900 9651
      4900 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 236DEG 23KT 4885 9658 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

HOPKINS
1 follow-up statement
906 
WWUS53 KFGF 192254
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC069-192304-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160619T2330Z/
KITTSON MN-
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4880 9639 4900 9639 4900 9587 4899 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 234DEG 31KT 4893 9624 

$$

MNC135-192330-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160619T2330Z/
ROSEAU MN-
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY...

AT 554 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
HAUG...OR 22 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINECREEK AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4880 9639 4900 9639 4900 9587 4899 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 234DEG 31KT 4893 9624 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

HOPKINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall62 min
Jun 19, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall, Roseau63 min
Jun 19, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRoseau55 min
Jun 19, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau53 min
Jun 19, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau61 min
Jun 19, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods52 min
Jun 19, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena67 min
Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena30 min
Jun 19, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRoseau44 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau38 min
Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.