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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 7:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Euclid, MN | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY DEPUTY NEAR INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY 75 AND COUNTY RD 21. |
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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 192327 TORFGF MNC119-200030- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0028.050619T2327Z-050620T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 622 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANVEL...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TABOR AT 640 PM SHERACK AT 645 PM ANGUS AT 650 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 4813 9710 4791 9700 4800 9652 4817 9677 $$ DK
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 192342 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 641 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 MNC119-200030- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050620T0030Z/ POLK MN- 641 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 639 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TABOR...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TABOR BY 650 PM CDT... SHERACK BY 655 PM CDT... ANGUS BY 705 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4813 9710 4791 9700 4800 9652 4817 9677 $$ DK
000 WWUS53 KFGF 200003 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 701 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 MNC119-200030- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050620T0030Z/ POLK MN- 701 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 656 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TABOR...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 2 MILES NORTH OF SHERACK AT 710 PM ANGUS BY 720 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 4814 9700 4799 9689 4801 9652 4815 9656 $$ DK/WJB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 200023 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 721 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 MNC119-200030- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050620T0030Z/ POLK MN- 721 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY... AT 719 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANGUS...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 708 PM SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED A TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 75 AND POLK COUNTY ROAD 21. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4814 9700 4799 9689 4801 9652 4815 9656 $$ DK/WJB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 200031 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 731 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 MNC119-200041- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050620T0030Z/ POLK MN- 731 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 730 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4814 9700 4799 9689 4801 9652 4815 9656 $$ WJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.