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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT for Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 19, 2016, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Nne Aldrich, MN | LARGE HAIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST BULLARD TOWNSHIP. |
| Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 11 Nne Aldrich, MN | |
| Jun 19, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 N Staples Airport, MN | A FEW MINUTES OF DIME TO QUATER SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 19, 6:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 N Staples Airport, MN | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR THE CASS COUNTY LINE AND APPEARED TO MOVE INTO CASS COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
571
WFUS53 KFGF 192259
TORFGF
MNC159-192345-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0006.160619T2259Z-160619T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
559 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNDALE...OR 34 MILES NORTH OF LONG
PRAIRIE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLUE GRASS AND ALDRICH AROUND 605 PM CDT. OYLEN AROUND 625 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 4637 9513 4652 9513 4664 9479 4639 9478
4639 9477 4637 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 255DEG 37KT 4646 9502
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GUST2 follow-up statements
952
WWUS53 KFGF 192321
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
621 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC159-192345-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160619T2345Z/
WADENA MN-
621 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY...
AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LEADER...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRAINERD...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4645 9487 4653 9488 4664 9479 4640 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 255DEG 37KT 4652 9469
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GUST604
WWUS53 KFGF 192329
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC159-192338-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160619T2345Z/
WADENA MN-
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WADENA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4645 9487 4653 9488 4664 9479 4640 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 255DEG 37KT 4654 9457
$$
GUSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 31 min |
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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.