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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT for Becker County, Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 9, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2019, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Hawley, MN | A SNAPPED SPRUCE TREE WAS NOTED AT A HOMESTEAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
936
WFUS53 KFGF 092345
TORFGF
MNC005-027-100015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0013.190709T2345Z-190710T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
645 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Clay County in northwestern Minnesota...
West central Becker County in northwestern Minnesota...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hawley, or 22 miles west of Detroit Lakes, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Hawley, Lake Park, Westbury, Dale, Muskoda and Hitterdal.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4674 9634 4688 9644 4709 9605 4685 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 238DEG 21KT 4684 9632
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Lee1 follow-up statement
979
WWUS53 KFGF 092359
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
659 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019
MNC005-027-100015-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190710T0015Z/
Clay MN-Becker MN-
659 PM CDT Tue Jul 9 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLAY AND WEST CENTRAL BECKER COUNTIES...
At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dale, or 19 miles west of Detroit Lakes, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Hawley, Lake Park, Westbury, Dale and Muskoda.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4675 9631 4686 9641 4709 9605 4685 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 238DEG 21KT 4688 9624
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LeeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Kittson | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Polk | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 11:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Wadena | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 16 min |
| Jul 9, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 10 days |
| Jul 9, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 8 days |
| Jul 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Clay | 2 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.