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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2026Wadena County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2026, 2:58 PM CDT for Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 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 19, 2026, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 17 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), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.

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 19, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

967 
WFUS53 KFGF 191958
TORFGF
MNC159-192015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0004.260619T1958Z-260619T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
258 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Wadena County in central Minnesota...

* Until 315 PM CDT.

* At 257 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Poplar, or 31 miles northwest of Brainerd, moving
  east 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.

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 4651 9480 4663 9485 4665 9479 4663 9478
      4651 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 252DEG 37KT 4661 9474 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Rafferty

1 follow-up statement

196 
WWUS53 KFGF 192010
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

MNC159-192020-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260619T2015Z/
Wadena MN-
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WADENA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM CDT...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4651 9480 4663 9485 4665 9479 4663 9478
      4651 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 297DEG 6KT 4660 9477 

$$

Rafferty

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	38 min
Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	41 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Hubbard	12 min
Jun 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	34 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.