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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2016Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 19, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Lake of the Woods County, MN, Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 6:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 N Warroad, MN
Jun 19, 6:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 N Warroad, MN	PHOTO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 19, 6:40 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	2 N Warroad, MN	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

818 
WFUS53 KFGF 192322
TORFGF
MNC077-135-200000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0008.160619T2322Z-160620T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SALOL...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ROSEAU...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  SALOL AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  LONGWORTH AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  WARROAD AND SPRINGSTEEL ISLAND AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  SWIFT AROUND 700 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.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4878 9510 4884 9574 4900 9575 4900 9516
      4902 9515 4902 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 269DEG 24KT 4893 9563 

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

$$

HOPKINS

1 follow-up statement

319 
WWUS53 KFGF 192340
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
640 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC077-135-200000-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160620T0000Z/
ROSEAU MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
640 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROSEAU AND WEST CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES...
    
AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LONGWORTH...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
  LONGWORTH AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  WARROAD AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  SPRINGSTEEL ISLAND AROUND 655 PM CDT. 
  SWIFT AROUND 700 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.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER
IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4881 9539 4900 9539 4900 9516 4902 9515
      4902 9510 4878 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 269DEG 24KT 4893 9544 

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, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Roseau	44 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.