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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2023, 5:10 PM CDT for Mahnomen County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2023, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Mahnomen County, MN, Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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.
585
WFUS53 KFGF 242210
TORFGF
MNC087-119-242300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.230624T2210Z-230624T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
510 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Polk County in northwestern Minnesota...
Northwestern Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mahnomen, or 38 miles north of Detroit Lakes,
moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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...
Bejou.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4733 9584 4732 9595 4737 9601 4760 9592
4755 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 197DEG 21KT 4737 9592
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 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, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 34 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, 5:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.