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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 23, 2005Benson County, Eddy County, Nelson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT for Benson County, Eddy County, Nelson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 min. 7 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, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Nelson County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 23, 3:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 S Tokio, ND
Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 S Tokio, ND
Jun 23, 3:05 PM CDTTORNADO5 W Warwick, NDALONG EDDY-BENSON COUNTY LINE.
Jun 23, 3:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Warwick, ND
Jun 23, 3:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 W Pekin, ND
Jun 23, 3:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 W Pekin, ND
Jun 23, 3:48 PM CDTHAIL 1Pekin, NDDIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL

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 23, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2005-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1519 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 232001
TORFGF
NDC005-027-063-232100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0035.050623T2000Z-050623T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
300 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
  NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 258 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF TOKIO...OR 17   
MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A WALL 
CLOUDS WAS SPOTTED NEAR DEVILS LAKE.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WARWICK AT 305 PM
  HAMAR AT 315 PM
  STUMP LAKE AND TOLNA AT 325 PM
  8 MILES NORTH OF PEKIN AT 335 PM

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 4794 9897 4777 9893 4777 9802 4800 9820
      4797 9847 4790 9852

$$

DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232009
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
307 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

NDC005-027-063-232100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050623T2100Z/
BENSON ND-NELSON ND-EDDY ND-
307 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
EDDY...SOUTHERN NELSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES...

AT 302 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF 
WARWICK. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WARWICK BY 312 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 4794 9897 4777 9893 4777 9802 4800 9820
      4797 9847 4790 9852

$$

DK/JDS
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232029
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
328 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

NDC005-027-063-232100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050623T2100Z/
BENSON ND-NELSON ND-EDDY ND-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
EDDY...SOUTHERN NELSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMAR...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS 
LAKE AT 325 PM CDT. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TOLNA BY 345 PM CDT...
  STUMP LAKE BY 400 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 4794 9897 4777 9893 4777 9802 4800 9820
      4797 9847 4790 9852

$$

DK/JDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey58 min
Jun 23, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson, Eddy50 min
Jun 23, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRamsey53 min
Jun 23, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh62 min
Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner43 min
Jun 23, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFTowner41 min
Jun 23, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCavalier, Ramsey62 min
Jun 23, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Griggs, Steele56 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson48 min
Jun 23, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh60 min
Jun 23, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGriggs, Steele66 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFPembina5 hr
Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCass, Traill65 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks60 min
Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFSteele11 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTraill52 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.