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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2016Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:01 PM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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
Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 N Roseau, MN

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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WFUS53 KFGF 192301
TORFGF
MNC135-192345-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.160619T2301Z-160619T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
601 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSS...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
  ROSEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINECREEK AND ROSS AROUND 610 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 4879 9606 4894 9622 4900 9607 4900 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 234DEG 31KT 4892 9605 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HOPKINS

The 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, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Wadena	30 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

Nearby

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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.