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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2005Grand Forks County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 3:53 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 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, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 4:00 PM CDTTORNADO1 N Gilby, NDDISPATCH RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF TORNADO NEAR GILBY.
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTTORNADO3 Se Johnstown, NDDEPUTY REPORTS TORNADO 2.5 SOUTH AND 1.75 E OF JOHNSTOWN MOVING EAST...BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-527 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 192054
TORFGF
NDC035-099-192200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0024.050619T2053Z-050619T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 350 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTOWN...
  OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ARDOCH AT 425 PM
  POLAND AT 455 PM
  MANVEL AT 500 PM

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 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717

$$

GODON
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 192112
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
411 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC035-099-192200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/
GRAND FORKS ND-WALSH ND-
411 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WALSH AND NORTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTIES...

AT 409 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR JOHNSTOWN...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARDOCH BY 435 PM CDT...
  POLAND AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANVEL BY 500 PM 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 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KFGF 192133
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC035-099-192200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/
GRAND FORKS ND-WALSH ND-
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
WALSH AND NORTHEAST GRAND FORKS COUNTIES...

AT 426 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE STRONG ROTATION WILL PASS 
NEAR HIGHWAY 81 AROUND 440 PM AND INTERSTATE 29 AROUND MILE POST 157 
AROUND 445 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

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 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717

$$

55
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 192200
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
500 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

NDC035-099-192210-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/
GRAND FORKS ND-WALSH ND-
500 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALSH AND NORTHEAST GRAND 
FORKS COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT...

AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF POLAND...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson56 min
Jun 19, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson50 min
Jun 19, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey54 min
Jun 19, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner58 min
Jun 19, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier53 min
Jun 19, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh23 min
Jun 19, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey36 min
Jun 19, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh24 min
Jun 19, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPembina28 min
Jun 19, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier50 min
Jun 19, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPembina56 min
Jun 19, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.