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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 3, 2005Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 12:31 AM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2005, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lake of the Woods County, MN, Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 2, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 1756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 12:00 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:00 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 6:15 AM CDT, 18 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
615 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-031100-
BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-CLAY MN-EAST BECKER MN-
EAST MARSHALL MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-EAST POLK MN-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-GRANT MN-GRIGGS ND-
HUBBARD MN-KITTSON MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NELSON ND-
NORMAN MN-NORTH BELTRAMI MN-NORTH CLEARWATER MN-PEMBINA ND-
PENNINGTON MN-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RED LAKE MN-RICHLAND ND-ROSEAU MN-
SARGENT ND-SOUTH BELTRAMI MN-SOUTH CLEARWATER MN-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND-
TRAILL ND-WADENA MN-WEST BECKER MN-WEST MARSHALL MN-
WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST POLK MN-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-WILKIN MN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEMIDJI...DETROIT LAKES...DEVILS LAKE...
FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...ROSEAU...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON
615 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER 3 PM TODAY
CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY
RAIN...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY MAINLY IN NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT THE
FOLLOWING URL. WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS USING LOWER CASE

KELLENBENZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
901 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     HAIL             ORLEANS                 48.93N 96.94W
07/02/2005  1.75 INCH        KITTSON            MN   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
954 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             3 SW JOLIETTE           48.79N 97.27W
07/02/2005  0.75 INCH        PEMBINA            ND   PUBLIC

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1104 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     NECHE                   48.98N 97.55W
07/02/2005  0 MPH            PEMBINA            ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            60+ MPH WINDS.

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     NECHE                   48.98N 97.55W
07/02/2005  60 MPH           PEMBINA            ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH REPORTED.

&&

WBARRETT

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
1106 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005

MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038>039-049-052>053-031100-
WEST BECKER MN-EAST BECKER MN-CLAY MN-GRANT MN-HUBBARD MN-
EAST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WADENA MN-WILKIN MN-
BARNES ND-CASS ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND-SARGENT ND-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 584
IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

WADENA

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

HUBBARD

IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

BECKER                CLAY

IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

GRANT                 OTTER TAIL            WILKIN

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

BARNES                CASS                  RANSOM
RICHLAND              SARGENT

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DETROIT LAKES...FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...VALLEY
CITY AND WAHPETON.

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1121 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1118 PM     TSTM WND GST     HALLOCK                 48.77N 96.94W
07/02/2005  60 MPH           KITTSON            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KITTSON SHERIFF REPORTS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:58 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1158 PM CDT SAT JUL 02 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ORLEANS                 48.93N 96.94W
07/02/2005                   KITTSON            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RAILROAD TRACKS WASHED OUT NEAR ORLEANS. WIDESPREAD
            OVERLAND FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

1145 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HALLOCK                 48.77N 96.94W
07/02/2005                   KITTSON            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...POWER OUT IN
            HALLOCK...LANCASTER AND LAKE BRONSON.

&&

WBARRETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	59 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	12 hr
Jul 2, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson	58 min
Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson	60 min
Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson	59 min
Jul 2, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	57 min
Jul 2, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson	53 min
Jul 2, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson, Roseau	60 min
Jul 2, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson, Roseau	63 min
Jul 3, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	45 min
Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	35 min
Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	4 hr
Jul 3, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Red Lake	41 min
Jul 3, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	27 min
Jul 3, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	62 min
Jul 3, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	28 min
Jul 3, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Roseau	53 min
Jul 3, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	57 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Roseau	63 min
Jul 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	40 min
Jul 2, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	58 min
Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina	32 min
Jul 2, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Towner	62 min
Jul 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Pembina	53 min
Jul 3, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	59 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	56 min
Jul 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs	40 min
Jul 3, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Steele	57 min
Jul 3, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Walsh	54 min
Jul 3, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Traill	46 min
Jul 3, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	67 min

Nearby

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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.