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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 10, 20164 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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 10, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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
Jul 10, 1:30 AM CDT	HAIL 1	2 S Hoffman, MN	VERY STRONG WIND AS WELL.
Jul 10, 1:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Parkers Prairie, MN	LARGE TREES BROKEN DOWN.
Jul 10, 1:55 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Sse Breckenridge, MN	LARGE TREE UPROOTED. PICTURE ON FACEBOOK.

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 9, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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-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: 1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

471 
WUUS53 KFGF 100552
SVRFGF
MNC051-111-159-167-100645-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0095.160710T0552Z-160710T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1252 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1251 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF DORAN TO NEAR MELBY TO 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BLUE GRASS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
  ASHBY AROUND 1255 AM CDT. 
  VERNDALE AROUND 120 AM CDT. 
  ERDAHL AROUND 125 AM CDT. 
  ALDRICH AROUND 130 AM CDT. 
  STAPLES AIRPORT AND TENNEY AROUND 135 AM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND
80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4602 9626 4602 9655 4625 9658
      4618 9574 4666 9479 4638 9477 4637 9516
      4611 9515 4611 9577 4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 349DEG 11KT 4616 9661 4611 9572 4649 9489 

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

JR/JH

1 follow-up statement

218 
WWUS53 KFGF 100619
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
119 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

MNC159-100627-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160710T0645Z/
WADENA MN-
119 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTY 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 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4602 9626 4602 9655 4625 9658
      4609 9607 4632 9517 4611 9515 4611 9577
      4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 336DEG 29KT 4601 9647 4584 9585 4620 9520 

$$

MNC051-111-167-100645-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160710T0645Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-GRANT MN-WILKIN MN-
119 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL...GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTIES...

AT 117 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR TENNEY TO NEAR HOFFMAN TO NEAR WRIGHTSTOWN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
  HOFFMAN...BARRETT AND PARKERS PRAIRIE AROUND 120 AM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND
80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4602 9626 4602 9655 4625 9658
      4609 9607 4632 9517 4611 9515 4611 9577
      4576 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 336DEG 29KT 4601 9647 4584 9585 4620 9520 

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

JR/JH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	60 min
Jul 9, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	44 min
Jul 9, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman, Polk	52 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman	45 min
Jul 9, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail	60 min
Jul 9, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	62 min
Jul 9, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin	63 min
Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Wilkin	62 min
Jul 9, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	65 min
Jul 10, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Wilkin	58 min
Jul 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wilkin	8 hr
Jul 10, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	42 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.