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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 13, 2005Otter Tail County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:34 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 13, 2005, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otter Tail County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 132334
TORFGF
MNC111-140030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0021.050613T2334Z-050614T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
634 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF PARKERS
  PRAIRIE...OR 37 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PARKERS PRAIRIE AT 640 PM
  ALMORA AT 655 PM
  VINING AT 715 PM
  HENNING AT 720 PM

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4611 9550 4611 9517 4646 9541 4628 9570

$$

HOPPES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 140012
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
712 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC111-140030-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
712 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...

AT 708 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VINING...OR 28 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO
THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VINING BY 720 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HENNING BY 725 PM CDT...
  CLITHERALL BY 730 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

LAT...LON 4611 9550 4611 9517 4642 9550 4628 9570

$$

HOPPES
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 140030
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
730 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC111-140040-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
730 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY EXPIRED AT
730 PM CDT...

AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR VINING...OR 27 MILES EAST OF FERGUS
FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4611 9550 4611 9517 4642 9550 4628 9570

$$

HOPPES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant66 min

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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.