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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2025, 2:49 PM CDT for Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
- May 15, 2025, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2025, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
555
WFUS53 KFGF 151949
TORFGF
MNC159-152030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0002.250515T1949Z-250515T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
Issued by National Weather Service Bismarck ND
249 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wadena County in central Minnesota...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 247 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Oylen, moving north at 40 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...
Oylen, Nimrod.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 4640 9486 4680 9516 4680 9479 4642 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 161DEG 33KT 4655 9480
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Besson2 follow-up statements
120
WWUS53 KFGF 152003
SVSFGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
Issued by National Weather Service Bismarck ND
303 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
MNC159-152030-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250515T2030Z/
Wadena MN-
303 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WADENA COUNTY...
At 303 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Nimrod, or 46 miles east of Detroit Lakes, moving
north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Menahga, Huntersville, and Nimrod.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4680 9516 4680 9479 4658 9478 4657 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 161DEG 33KT 4669 9487
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Besson396 WWUS53 KFGF 152025 SVSFGF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Grand Forks ND Issued by National Weather Service Bismarck ND 325 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 MNC159-152034- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250515T2030Z/ Wadena MN- 325 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WADENA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4680 9516 4680 9479 4658 9478 4657 9499 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 161DEG 33KT 4687 9496 $$ Besson
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 35 hr |
| May 15, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| May 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 60 min |
| May 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman | 35 min |
| May 15, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau | 41 min |
| May 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 50 min |
| May 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 62 min |
| May 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 32 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.