Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2017, 6:41 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 7 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 21, 2017, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 21, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Fergus Falls, MN | VEHICLE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. |
| Jun 21, 6:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 3 S Fergus Falls, MN | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE FERGUS FAKKS AIRPORT. |
| Jun 21, 6:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 3 S Fergus Falls, MN | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE FERGUS FALLS AIRPORT. |
| Jun 21, 6:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 3 W Fergus Falls, MN | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE FERGUS FALLS AIRPORT. |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 73 | 2 Se Fergus Falls, MN | PEAK WINDS MEASURED AT THE PRAIRIE WETLANDS LEARNING CENTER. |
| Jun 21, 7:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Dalton, MN | A LARGE EVERGREEN TREE WAS SNAPPED ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN. REPORT POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA. |
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Dalton, MN | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN DANE PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP. SOME SMALLER TREE BRANCHES BROKEN DOWN. |
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 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
916
WFUS53 KFGF 212341
TORFGF
MNC111-167-220030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0022.170621T2341Z-170622T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
641 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Otter Tail County in west central Minnesota...
East central Wilkin County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Foxhome, or 9 miles west of Fergus Falls, moving
east at 45 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...
Elizabeth around 645 PM CDT.
Fergus Falls around 650 PM CDT.
Dalton and Underwood around 705 PM CDT.
Clitherall around 720 PM CDT.
Vining around 725 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 47 and
70.
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 4615 9636 4639 9632 4633 9539 4611 9550
4611 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 285DEG 40KT 4629 9626
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
dtr2 follow-up statements
568
WWUS53 KFGF 220005
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
705 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
MNC167-220013-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170622T0030Z/
Wilkin MN-
705 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
Additional thunderstorms are likely through 9 pm as activity moves
in from the west.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
west central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4614 9624 4638 9623 4633 9539 4611 9550
4611 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 285DEG 40KT 4623 9592
$$
MNC111-220030-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170622T0030Z/
Otter Tail MN-
705 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dalton, or 8 miles southeast of Fergus Falls,
moving east at 45 mph.
At 654 pm...74 mph wind gust was reported at the Fergus Falls
airport.
HAZARD...TORNADO and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Underwood around 705 PM CDT.
Battle Lake around 715 PM CDT.
Clitherall around 720 PM CDT.
Vining around 725 PM CDT.
Urbank around 730 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 47 and
70.
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 4614 9624 4638 9623 4633 9539 4611 9550
4611 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 285DEG 40KT 4623 9592
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
dtr520
WWUS53 KFGF 220029
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
729 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
MNC111-220038-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170622T0030Z/
Otter Tail MN-
729 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning no longer appears capable of
producing a tornado. Therefore the warning will be allowed to
expire. The storm will move into northern Douglas county after 730
pm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
west central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4614 9624 4638 9623 4633 9539 4611 9550
4611 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 298DEG 27KT 4614 9569
$$
dtrThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Wilkin | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Red Lake | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Polk, Red Lake | 60 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.