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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 19, 2016Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2016, 8:54 PM CDT for Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 19, 2016, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 19, 8:54 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 E Euclid, MN	FUNNEL VIEWED BY SPOTTER LOCATED EAST NORTHEAST OF CROOKSTON.
Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	3 Nw Dorothy, MN	A TORNADO TRACKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ROUGHLY 5 MILES TO AROUND 2 SE DOROTHY BY 910 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BROKE DOWN NUMEROUS LARGE TREES IN SHELTER BELTS... ROLLED A HORSE TRAILER... BLEW APART A CALF SHED AND BLEW DOWN A HAY SHED ALONG ITS PATH. MAXIMUM WIDTH U

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 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

653 
WFUS53 KFGF 200154
TORFGF
MNC119-125-200245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0017.160720T0154Z-160720T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
854 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOROTHY...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THIEF
  RIVER FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOROTHY AROUND 900 PM CDT. 
  HUOT AROUND 910 PM CDT. 
  CROOKSTON AROUND 915 PM CDT. 
  GENTILLY AROUND 925 PM CDT. 
  PERAULT AROUND 930 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAND FORKS.

&&

LAT...LON 4771 9658 4798 9665 4798 9648 4796 9648
      4796 9641 4771 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 336DEG 18KT 4793 9654 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HOPKINS

2 follow-up statements

513 
WWUS53 KFGF 200213
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
913 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

MNC119-125-200245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160720T0245Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-
913 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RED LAKE AND CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...
    
AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DOROTHY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER
FALLS... AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOROTHY AROUND 945 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 4790 9658 4798 9658 4798 9648 4796 9648
      4796 9641 4790 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 271DEG 3KT 4794 9652 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HOPKINS

746 
WWUS53 KFGF 200230
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
930 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

MNC119-125-200239-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160720T0245Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-
930 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RED LAKE AND CENTRAL POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED 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 4790 9658 4798 9658 4798 9648 4796 9648
      4796 9641 4790 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 336DEG 18KT 4785 9646 

$$

TG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	60 min
Jul 19, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	40 min
Jul 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	61 min
Jul 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Polk	89 min
Jul 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	26 min
Jul 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Pennington, Polk	62 min
Jul 19, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	61 min
Jul 19, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Pennington, Red Lake	27 min
Jul 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami	50 min
Jul 19, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	56 min
Jul 19, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard	61 min
Jul 19, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Hubbard	29 min
Jul 20, 3:05 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more	18 hr
Jul 20, 3:05 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and 5 more	18 hr

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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.