Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2023, 3:26 PM CDT for Norman County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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 24, 2023, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Norman County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 24, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Ada, MN | Spotter confirms tornado near ADA with picture via twitter. |
| Jun 24, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Ada, MN | Spotter confirms tornado near ADA with picture via twitter. |
| Jun 24, 3:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | Ada, MN | Public confirms tornado with picture via twitter. |
| Jun 24, 3:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | Ada, MN | Public confirms tornado with picture via twitter. |
| Jun 24, 4:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Borup, MN | Tornado touchdown near Borup. |
| Jun 24, 4:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Borup, MN | Tornado touchdown near Borup. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
658
WFUS53 KFGF 242026
TORFGF
MNC107-242100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0003.230624T2026Z-230624T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
326 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Norman County in northwestern Minnesota...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 325 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Borup, or 27
miles northeast of Fargo, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Ada and Hadler.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4721 9646 4719 9657 4721 9667 4743 9672
4743 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 179DEG 17KT 4723 9658
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Lynch1 follow-up statement
297
WWUS53 KFGF 242038
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
338 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023
MNC107-242100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-230624T2100Z/
Norman MN-
338 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NORMAN COUNTY...
At 338 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Ada, or 30 miles
north of Fargo, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Ada and Hadler.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4733 9643 4726 9658 4730 9669 4743 9672
4743 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 179DEG 17KT 4729 9658
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
LynchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Norman | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Polk | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Polk | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Wadena | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 65 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.