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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2005Polk County, Minnesota

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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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, 7:08 PM CDTTORNADO3 Nnw Euclid, MNBRIEF 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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson56 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall55 min
Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk55 min
Jun 19, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau54 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall54 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.