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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 7, 2021Becker County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2021, 11:55 PM CDT for Becker County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 7, 2021, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Becker County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 11:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Frazee, MNA LARGE 2 FOOT DIAMETER BIRCH TREE AWAS UPROOTED. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR AND NEARBY SENDOR REPORTS.
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 692 S Frazee, MNMNDOT RWIS MEASURED 69 MPH WIND GUST AT 1159 CDT.
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 692 Sse Frazee, MNPEAK WIND MEASURED AT A MNDOT RWIS STATION.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

464 
WUUS53 KFGF 080455
SVRFGF
MNC005-111-080545-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0019.210608T0455Z-210608T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1155 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Otter Tail County in west central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Becker County in northwestern Minnesota...

* Until 1245 AM CDT.

* At 1155 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frazee, or
  near Detroit Lakes, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Toad Lake, Height Of Land Lake, Osage, Wolf
  Lake and Rochert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4670 9587 4694 9588 4697 9516 4663 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 267DEG 30KT 4676 9577 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lynch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Wilkin57 min
Jun 7, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFClay65 min
Jun 7, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay48 min
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Otter Tail, Wilkin64 min
Jun 7, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBeltrami58 min
Jun 8, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena43 min
Jun 8, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrant67 min
Jun 8, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFHubbard41 min
Jun 8, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBecker36 min
Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWadena36 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.