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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 5:03 AM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lake of the Woods County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 214 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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, 5:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Carp, MN | 2-4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.
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 nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFGF 031004 SVRFGF MNC077-031100- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0150.050703T1003Z-050703T1100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 503 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 600 AM CDT. * AT 458 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 8 MILES WEST OF OAKS CORNER...OR 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARP AT 515 AM REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4840 9518 4838 9446 4866 9446 4880 9506 $$ NG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 031017 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 517 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC077-031100- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-050703T1100Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS MN- 517 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY... AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CARP...OR 55 MILES EAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY AT 530 AM CDT REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4840 9518 4838 9446 4866 9446 4880 9506 $$ NG
000 WWUS53 KFGF 031059 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 559 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC077-031109- /O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-050703T1100Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS MN- 559 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 600 AM CDT... AT 559 AM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT. 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 4840 9518 4838 9446 4866 9446 4880 9506 $$ 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, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 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 48 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 3, 1:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 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.
&&
WBARRETTSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 1:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 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, 3 hours 4 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
&&
WBARRETTLocal storm report, Jul 3, 2:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 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.
&&
WBARRETTLocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 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
&&
KENNEDYSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:34 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 434 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 NDZ038>039-049-052>053-031032- BARNES ND-CASS ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND-SARGENT ND- ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 584. AREAS CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES BARNES CASS RANSOM RICHLAND SARGENT INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FARGO...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON. MNZ003-024-027>032-040-031100- WEST BECKER MN-EAST BECKER MN-CLAY MN-GRANT MN-HUBBARD MN- EAST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WADENA MN-WILKIN MN- ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 584 REMAINS VALID 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 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DETROIT LAKES AND FERGUS FALLS.
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, 4:25 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, 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.