Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 66 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.