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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2020, 9:13 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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
- Jun 17, 2020, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2020, 9:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 17, 9:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Strathcona, MN | A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Jun 17, 9:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Greenbush, MN | CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE IN TOWN. |
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 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407
WFUS53 KFGF 180213
TORFGF
MNC069-089-135-180300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0013.200618T0213Z-200618T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
913 PM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Marshall County in northwestern Minnesota...
Southeastern Kittson County in northwestern Minnesota...
Western Roseau County in northwestern Minnesota...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Middle River, or 26 miles north of Thief River
Falls, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Greenbush, Badger, Strandquist, Strathcona and Fox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4871 9575 4837 9637 4850 9655 4892 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 222DEG 44KT 4848 9629
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CJ1 follow-up statement
601
WWUS53 KFGF 180229
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
929 PM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020
MNC069-089-135-180238-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200618T0300Z/
Marshall MN-Kittson MN-Roseau MN-
929 PM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN
KITTSON AND WESTERN ROSEAU COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4871 9575 4837 9637 4850 9655 4892 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 222DEG 44KT 4862 9609
$$
CJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Kittson | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Marshall | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 7:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 9 days |
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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.