Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT for Grant County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2005, 7:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 13, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 132343 TORFGF MNC051-140045- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0022.050613T2341Z-050614T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 641 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 638 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR HOFFMAN...OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BARRETT AT 705 PM ERDAHL AT 715 PM ELBOW LAKE AT 730 PM 7 MILES EAST OF WENDELL AT 745 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 4576 9577 4601 9577 4607 9581 4609 9621 $$ HOPPES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 140008 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 708 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 MNC051-140045- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050614T0045Z/ GRANT MN- 708 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY... AT 703 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF BARRETT...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ERDAHL BY 720 PM CDT... ELBOW LAKE BY 740 PM CDT... 8 MILES EAST OF WENDELL BY 745 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. LAT...LON 4576 9577 4601 9577 4607 9581 4609 9621 $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS53 KFGF 140047 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 747 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 MNC051-140057- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050614T0045Z/ GRANT MN- 747 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY EXPIRED AT 745 PM CDT... AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF ELBOW LAKE...OR 21 MILES SOUTH 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 745 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4576 9577 4601 9577 4607 9581 4609 9621 $$ HOPPES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.