Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT for Benson County, Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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 23, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oberon, ND | ABOUT 1.05 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. |
| Jun 23, 2:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oberon, ND | |
| Jun 23, 3:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Warwick, ND | ALONG EDDY-BENSON COUNTY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 231910 TORFGF NDC005-027-232000- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0032.050623T1910Z-050623T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 210 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 207 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMBERG...OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OBERON AT 220 PM SHEYENNE AT 225 PM IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4792 9929 4769 9925 4770 9871 4796 9887 $$ DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 231924 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 224 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 NDC005-027-232000- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050623T2000Z/ BENSON ND-EDDY ND- 224 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN EDDY AND SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES... AT 220 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SHEYENNE...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHEYENNE BY 230 PM CDT... TOKIO BY 250 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4792 9929 4769 9925 4774 9861 4795 9882 $$ DK/JDS
000 WWUS53 KFGF 231933 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 232 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 NDC005-027-232000- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050623T2000Z/ BENSON ND-EDDY ND- 232 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN EDDY AND SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES... AT 228 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF SHEYENNE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OBERON AT 225 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHEYENNE AT 235 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF TOKIO BY 300 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4792 9929 4769 9925 4774 9861 4795 9882 $$ DK/JDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Nelson | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Ramsey | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs, Steele | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Pembina | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Steele | 11 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 52 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.