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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 13, 2005Grant County, Minnesota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail56 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.