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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2016, 8:03 PM CDT for Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Beltrami, MN | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
| Aug 28, 8:14 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 E Beltrami, MN | A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN WAS VIEWED OVER AN OPEN FIELD JUST TO THE EAST OF BELTRAMI BY A SPOTTER LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF TOWN. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AND LIFTED BY 1015 PM CDT. PEAK WIND ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH TO 75 YARDS |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
241 WFUS53 KFGF 290103 TORFGF MNC119-125-290130- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0030.160829T0103Z-160829T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 803 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 803 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVIEW...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MELVIN AND HAROLD AROUND 830 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 4750 9649 4761 9659 4787 9640 4765 9605 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 226DEG 9KT 4760 9651 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...1.00IN $$ LEE
2 follow-up statements
370
WWUS53 KFGF 290117
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC119-125-290130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160829T0130Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RED LAKE AND SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...
AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MELVIN...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND
FORKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A BRIEF
TORNADO BETWEEN GREENVIEW AND BELTRAMI AROUND 8 PM.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MELVIN AND HAROLD AROUND 830 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4750 9649 4761 9659 4787 9640 4765 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 226DEG 9KT 4762 9647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LEE383
WWUS53 KFGF 290122
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
822 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC119-125-290130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160829T0130Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-
822 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RED LAKE AND SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...
AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BELTRAMI...OR 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND
FORKS... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MELVIN AROUND 830 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 4750 9649 4761 9659 4787 9640 4765 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 256DEG 13KT 4755 9650
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Polk, Red Lake | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Norman, Polk | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 4:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 3 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.