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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT for Mahnomen County, Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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, 9:04 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 6 Nw Gary, MN | THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE POLK/NORMAN COUNTY LINE IN NORTHERN SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP. IT INTERMITTENTLY TRAVELED SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD TO JUST NORTHWEST OF GARY MN, EXHIBITING MULTIPLE VORTICES AT TIMES BASED ON EYEWITNESS REPORTS. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UP |
| Aug 28, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 S Fertile, MN | VERY LARGE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Aug 28, 9:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Flaming, MN | OBSERVED BETWEEN GARY AND FERTILE LOOKING NORTHWEST. |
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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.
572
WFUS53 KFGF 290150
TORFGF
MNC087-107-119-290215-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0032.160829T0150Z-160829T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
850 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 850 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLAMING...OR 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND
FORKS... MOVING HEAST AT 30 MPH.
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...
FLAMING AROUND 900 PM CDT.
FERTILE AROUND 905 PM CDT.
RINDAL AND RANUM AROUND 915 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
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 4732 9584 4742 9640 4749 9640 4767 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 246DEG 25KT 4746 9638
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LEE1 follow-up statement
042
WWUS53 KFGF 290208
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
908 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC087-107-119-290215-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160829T0215Z/
POLK MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NORMAN MN-
908 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL POLK...NORTHWESTERN MAHNOMEN AND NORTHEASTERN NORMAN
COUNTIES...
AT 908 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FLAMING...OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FLAMING AROUND 915 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4732 9584 4742 9640 4749 9640 4751 9633
4760 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 281DEG 8KT 4747 9634
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
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, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Polk, Red Lake | 33 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.