Funnel Cloud, Wilkin
- When
- July 13, 7:08 PM CST to 7:11 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkin County, 1.9 mi E of Wolverton to 3.56 mi E of Wolverton
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -96.740
The funnel cloud was visible for several minutes.
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 2010
Thunderstorms formed along a weak convergent boundary separating southeast winds from south winds. Late afternoon temperatures topped out in the lower 80s with dew points in the low to mid 60s.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms formed along a weak convergent boundary separating southeast winds from south winds. Late afternoon temperatures topped out in the lower 80s with dew points in the low to mid 60s.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 430 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010 DELAYED. WILL UPDATE SHORTLY. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && HOPPES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:07 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-142015- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SEEM LIKELY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND MORE WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SUPERCELLS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD...ARRIVING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND EARLY EVENING AND INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOST LIKELY...WITH ACTIVITY AGAIN BECOMING SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT SOME HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE...WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JR/BB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:55 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 455 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010 NDZ014-015-024-132245- BENSON ND-EDDY ND-RAMSEY ND- 455 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN RAMSEY... SOUTHEASTERN BENSON AND NORTHERN EDDY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ROCKFORD...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... SHEYENNE AROUND 505 PM CDT. OBERON AROUND 510 PM CDT. WARWICK...TOKIO AND FORT TOTTEN AROUND 545 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. RITTERLING
Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:10 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
510 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 5 NW LITCHVILLE 46.71N 98.27W
07/13/2010 E1.50 INCH BARNES ND PUBLIC
&&
BRAMERLocal storm report, Jul 13, 5:20 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
620 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM HAIL 5 E ENDERLIN 46.62N 97.49W
07/13/2010 E1.50 INCH RANSOM ND STORM CHASER
&&
BRAMERLocal storm report, Jul 13, 6:34 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
734 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 E KINDRED 46.65N 96.96W
07/13/2010 CASS ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCATED 1 MILE WEST OF INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 17
AND STATE HIGHWAY 46
&&
DRIDDLEThe radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:06 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clay
- When
- July 13, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 6.12 mi W of Felton
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 47.080, -96.650
Debris was captured by the KVLY tower camera in Fargo and the location was estimated.
Tornado, Wilkin
- When
- July 13, 7:11 PM CST to 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkin County, 3.56 mi E of Wolverton to 5.95 mi E of Wolverton
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 2.4 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -96.705
This tornado knocked down several large tree limbs and a few smaller trees in farm shelter belts along its path. peak winds are estimated to 85 mph.
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 13, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 0.47 mi E of Ulen
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.080, -96.260
Tornado, Otter Tail
- When
- July 13, 9:09 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, Dent
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.550, -95.720
A tornado briefly touched down near Dent.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 13 to 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13 to 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 13, 2010
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 13, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 13, 2010
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 2010Warnings in Minnesota, July 2010
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 233104, 233106, 263256, 233105, 233107.