Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Gilby, ND | DISPATCH RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF TORNADO NEAR GILBY. |
| Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Johnstown, ND | DEPUTY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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 $$ GODON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 192112 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 411 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC035-099-192200- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/ GRAND FORKS ND-WALSH ND- 411 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALSH AND NORTH CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTIES... AT 409 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSTOWN...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARDOCH BY 435 PM CDT... POLAND AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANVEL BY 500 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717 $$ 55
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 $$ 55
000 WWUS53 KFGF 192200 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 500 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NDC035-099-192210- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050619T2200Z/ GRAND FORKS ND-WALSH ND- 500 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALSH AND NORTHEAST GRAND FORKS COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT... AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF POLAND...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4825 9762 4802 9760 4803 9715 4829 9717 $$ 55
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, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 50 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, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 40 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.