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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2016, 10:41 PM CDT for Becker County, Mahnomen County, Norman County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Becker County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 8 Ese Twin Valley, MN | LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO CROPS ACROSS FOSSOM TOWNSHIP. |
| Aug 28, 11:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Wnw Waubun, MN | LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS CAUSED CONSIDERABE CROP DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN POPPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
641
WFUS53 KFGF 290341
TORFGF
MNC005-087-107-290430-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0035.160829T0341Z-160829T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1041 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
EASTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1040 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAUKON...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT
LAKES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
MAHNOMEN AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
WAUBUN AROUND 1055 PM CDT.
OGEMA AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
WHITE EARTH AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
TULABY LAKE AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. ALSO...TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM
AT NIGHT. 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 4695 9579 4723 9637 4747 9625 4731 9556
4715 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 304DEG 48KT 4733 9615
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LEE1 follow-up statement
445
WWUS53 KFGF 290418
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1118 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC005-087-107-290430-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160829T0430Z/
BECKER MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NORMAN MN-
1118 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BECKER...MAHNOMEN AND SOUTHEASTERN NORMAN COUNTIES...
AT 1117 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WAUBUN...OR 29 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAUBUN AND OGEMA AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4695 9579 4723 9637 4743 9608 4731 9556
4715 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 299DEG 10KT 4722 9601
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JHThe 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, 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, 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.