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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 17, 2019Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2019, 3:48 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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: Jul 17, 2019, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

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

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 17, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	11 N Fourtown, MN	NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED ALONG DICKS PARKWAY, NEAR GATES CORNER AND BETWEEN 11 AND 12 MILES NORTH OF FOURTOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jul 17, 4:05 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	26 S Swift, MN	A PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD WAS VIEWED FOR A FEW MINUTES BY AN OBSERVER LOCATED ABOUT 6 WSW OF NORRIS CAMP. THE FUNNEL APPEARED TO DESCEND VERY NEAR THE DISTANT TREE TOPS SOME 3 TO 8 MILES SSE OF THEIR LOCATION. THIS LOCATION IS DEEP IN THE RED LAKE WILDLIFE MAN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WFUS53 KFGF 172048
TORFGF
MNC007-077-172130-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0019.190717T2048Z-190717T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
348 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Beltrami County in north central Minnesota...
  Southwestern Lake of the Woods County in north central Minnesota...

* Until 430 PM CDT.
    
* At 348 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Gates Corner, or 34 miles southeast of Roseau,
  moving northeast at 20 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...
  Gates Corner around 355 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 4837 9540 4845 9547 4861 9515 4840 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 230DEG 16KT 4843 9536 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CJ

2 follow-up statements

952 
WWUS53 KFGF 172104
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
404 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019

MNC007-077-172130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-190717T2130Z/
Beltrami MN-Lake of the Woods MN-
404 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES...
    
At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Gates Corner, or 33 miles southeast of Roseau,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO and two inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Beltrami and southwestern Lake of the Woods Counties.

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 4838 9531 4847 9538 4861 9515 4840 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 230DEG 16KT 4848 9528 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

CJ

298 
WWUS53 KFGF 172118
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
418 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019

MNC007-077-172130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-190717T2130Z/
Beltrami MN-Lake of the Woods MN-
418 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES...
    
At 418 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Norris Camp, or 33 miles southeast of Roseau, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO and ping pong 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
northwestern Beltrami and southwestern Lake of the Woods Counties.

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 4840 9522 4852 9530 4861 9515 4840 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 230DEG 16KT 4852 9520 

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

$$

CJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	59 min
Jul 17, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods	53 min
Jul 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	48 min
Jul 17, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	24 min
Jul 17, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	50 min
Jul 17, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	34 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.