Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 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 3, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barnes County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFGF 032109 SVRFGF NDC003-032215- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0049.050603T2108Z-050603T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 408 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT. * AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIBLEY TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALD HILL DAM...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SIBLEY AT 415 PM REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4723 9815 4697 9823 4698 9800 4724 9790 $$ DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 032130 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 429 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 NDC003-032215- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050603T2215Z/ BARNES ND- 429 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY... AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF SIBLEY...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SIBLEY AT 435 PM CDT... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4724 9811 4710 9821 4707 9802 4724 9782 $$ DK/JDS
000 WWUS53 KFGF 032213 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 513 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 NDC003-032223- /O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050603T2215Z/ BARNES ND- 513 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY EXPIRED AT 515 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4724 9811 4710 9821 4707 9802 4724 9782 $$ DK/JDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Barnes, Steele | 11 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.