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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 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 12, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2024, 6:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Kittson County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
044
WFUS53 KFGF 122344
TORFGF
MNC069-130030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0009.240612T2344Z-240613T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
644 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Kittson County in northwestern Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Robbin, or 16 miles northeast of Grafton, moving
east 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...
Kennedy and Donaldson.
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 4864 9686 4854 9688 4854 9712 4862 9713
4862 9712 4863 9712 4863 9711 4864 9711
4866 9710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 279DEG 20KT 4857 9712
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
BH1 follow-up statement
537
WWUS53 KFGF 122356
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
656 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
MNC069-130006-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240613T0030Z/
Kittson MN-
656 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Minnesota...and northeastern North Dakota.
&&
LAT...LON 4864 9686 4854 9688 4854 9712 4862 9713
4862 9712 4863 9712 4863 9711 4864 9711
4866 9710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 279DEG 20KT 4856 9702
$$
BHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Hubbard | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 33 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.