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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2005Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 4:55 AM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2005, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benson County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 5:14 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 S Harlow, ND
Jun 19, 5:30 AM CDT	TORNADO	13 Ssw Leeds, ND	TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 19, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 190955
TORFGF
NDC005-191045-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0023.050619T0955Z-050619T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
455 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 454 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESMOND...OR
  39 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BAKER AT 500 AM
  HARLOW AT 510 AM
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEEDS AT 520 AM

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4818 9983 4788 9977 4799 9919 4830 9947

$$

HOPPES

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 191016
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
515 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC005-191045-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050619T1045Z/
BENSON ND-
515 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR BENSON COUNTY...

AT 513 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTH OF BRINSMADE...OR 23 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE 
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MINNEWAUKAN AT 
513 AM CDT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4827 9980 4788 9962 4792 9903 4816 9923
      4833 9926

$$

HOPPES

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 191026
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
522 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC005-191045-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050619T1045Z/
BENSON ND-
525 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR BENSON COUNTY...

AT 521 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHURCHS FERRY...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS 
LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. 60 MPH WIND WAS REPORTED 
4 MILES SOUTH OF HARLOW AT 510 AM CDT.  ALSO POWER WAS OUT.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4835 9964 4799 9956 4794 9906 4811 9914
      4813 9921 4821 9923 4836 9923

$$

HOPPES

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 191045
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
545 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC005-191052-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050619T1045Z/
BENSON ND-
545 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BENSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 545 AM CDT...

AT 545 AM CDT...THE TORNADO IN BENSON COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4835 9964 4799 9956 4794 9906 4811 9914
      4813 9921 4821 9923 4836 9923

$$

HOPPES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	56 min
Jun 19, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey	54 min
Jun 19, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Towner	58 min
Jun 19, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	53 min
Jun 19, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Walsh	23 min
Jun 19, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey	36 min
Jun 19, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Walsh	24 min
Jun 19, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina	28 min
Jun 19, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	50 min
Jun 19, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina	56 min
Jun 19, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	67 min
Jun 19, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.