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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 3, 2005Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 4:25 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2005, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2005, 5:27 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beltrami County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 4:45 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Ne Fourtown, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 3, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 030925
SVRFGF
MNC007-031030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0147.050703T0925Z-050703T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
425 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.

* AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF GRYGLA...OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARMEL AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JELLE AT 430 AM
  FOURTOWN AT 435 AM
  MALCOLM AT 440 AM
  GATES CORNER AT 445 AM

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 4850 9556 4806 9553 4807 9464 4834 9522
      4851 9528

$$

NG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 030947
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
447 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

MNC007-031030-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-050703T1030Z/
BELTRAMI MN-
447 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY...

AT 445 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTH OF CARMEL...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GATES CORNER BY 500 AM CDT...

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4850 9556 4806 9553 4807 9464 4834 9522
      4851 9528

$$

NG

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 031027
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
527 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

MNC007-031037-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-050703T1030Z/
BELTRAMI MN-
527 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 527 AM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4850 9556 4806 9553 4807 9464 4834 9522
      4851 9528

$$

NG

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, 1:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
100 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...WILL BE BRIEF TONIGHT WITH ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER...

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE MCS CONTINUES TO TRACK INTO EASTERN ND THIS MORNING...WITH
ANOTHER BOW ECHO IN KITTSON COUNTY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST
OF TONIGHT IS PRUDENT...SO WILL JUST LET IT EXPIRE LATER TONIGHT.
RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 12-15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN
KITTSON COUNTY...AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF FLOODING HERE.
WILL BE ISSUING AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING AT 7 AM FOR NORTHERN KITTSON
COUNTY ONCE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HERE EXPIRES.

FOR TODAY...FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH REGION TODAY...WITH
CONTINUED SEVERE THREAT FOR EASTERN AREAS AT LEAST THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. BY INDEPENDENCE DAY...WRAPAROUND SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AND THIS ALREADY HANDLED WELL IN CURRENT GRIDS.

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED...RIDGE SHOULD BUILD INTO NORTHERN
PLAINS AND KEEP REGION DRY AND WARM.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR PEMBINA COUNTY UNTIL 18Z MONDAY.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES REST OF TONIGHT.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES REST OF TONIGHT.

&&

KELLENBENZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 6:15 AM CDT, 22 hours 10 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, 11:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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

Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
108 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

1245 AM     TORNADO          1 W ROSEAU              48.85N 95.78W
07/03/2005                   ROSEAU             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TORNADOES REPORTED TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTH.

&&

WBARRETT

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
138 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

MNZ001>002-004>009-013>017-022>023-NDZ008-016-026>030-
054-031100-
NORTH BELTRAMI MN-SOUTH BELTRAMI MN-NORTH CLEARWATER MN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER MN-KITTSON MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-MAHNOMEN MN-
EAST MARSHALL MN-WEST MARSHALL MN-NORMAN MN-PENNINGTON MN-
EAST POLK MN-WEST POLK MN-RED LAKE MN-ROSEAU MN-GRAND FORKS ND-
GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-PEMBINA ND-STEELE ND-TRAILL ND-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 585
IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

BELTRAMI              LAKE OF THE WOODS

IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

CLEARWATER            KITTSON               MAHNOMEN
MARSHALL              NORMAN                PENNINGTON
POLK                  RED LAKE              ROSEAU

IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

GRAND FORKS           NELSON                PEMBINA
WALSH

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

GRIGGS                STEELE                TRAILL

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEMIDJI...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...ROSEAU AND
THIEF RIVER FALLS.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
159 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0147 AM     TSTM WND GST     HANNAFORD               47.31N 98.19W
07/03/2005  70 MPH           GRIGGS             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH REPORTED

0147 AM     HAIL             HANNAFORD               47.31N 98.19W
07/03/2005  0.75 INCH        GRIGGS             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
227 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0220 AM     TSTM WND GST     FINLEY                  47.51N 97.84W
07/03/2005  60 MPH           STEELE             ND   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED BY WFO BISMARCK.

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:30 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
330 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005

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

0319 AM     HAIL             GRAND FORKS             47.92N 97.07W
07/03/2005  0.75 INCH        GRAND FORKS        ND   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

KENNEDY

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, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods, Roseau	59 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, 4:31 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.