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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 19, 2016Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2016, 9:10 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Beltrami County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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
Jul 19, 9:14 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Nnw Puposky, MN	A TORNADO PARTIALLY WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAINS AND DOWNBURST WINDS TRACKED TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST FOR ROUGHLY 4 MILES ...TO AROUND 4 ENE OF PUPOSKY AND THE BUENA VISTA STATE FOREST BY AROUND 926 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BROKE DOWN OR SNAPPED SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES ALONG
Jul 19, 9:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Nne Puposky, MN	LARGE HAIL AND TORENTIAL RAINS... FOLLOWED BY DAMAGING WINDS.
Jul 19, 9:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Puposky, MN	TREES BROKEN DOWN NEAR IRVINE AVE AND ARCTIC ROAD.
Jul 19, 9:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	10 Nnw Bemidji, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

636 
WFUS53 KFGF 200210
TORFGF
MNC007-200300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0019.160720T0210Z-160720T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEBISH...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF
  BEMIDJI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  NEBISH AROUND 920 PM CDT. 
  TENSTRIKE AROUND 950 PM CDT. 
  HINES AROUND 955 PM CDT. 
  BLACKDUCK AROUND 1000 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 4761 9502 4789 9502 4789 9450 4761 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 279DEG 16KT 4780 9492 

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

$$

HOPKINS

1 follow-up statement

913 
WWUS53 KFGF 200240
SVSFGF

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

MNC007-200300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160720T0300Z/
BELTRAMI MN-
940 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY...
    
AT 940 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TENSTRIKE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BEMIDJI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  TENSTRIKE AROUND 945 PM CDT. 
  HINES AROUND 950 PM CDT. 
  BLACKDUCK AROUND 1000 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 4761 9479 4774 9486 4775 9450 4761 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 286DEG 18KT 4765 9473 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Polk, Red Lake	36 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, 9:34 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.