Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 4:09 PM CDT for Griggs County, Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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 23, 2005, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Griggs County, ND, Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Cooperstown, ND | |
| Jun 23, 4:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 E Finley, ND |
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 23, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 232109 TORFGF NDC039-091-232215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0040.050623T2109Z-050623T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 409 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 405 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF JESSIE...OR 41 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COOPERSTOWN AT 415 PM SHARON AT 440 PM FINLEY AT 445 PM SHERBROOKE AT 455 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 4765 9833 4737 9837 4728 9763 4764 9759 $$ DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 232123 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 423 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 NDC039-091-232215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050623T2215Z/ GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND- 423 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR STEELE AND EASTERN GRIGGS COUNTIES... AT 418 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF COOPERSTOWN. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF COOPERSTOWN...OR 39 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FINLEY BY 440 PM CDT... BLABON BY 445 PM CDT... SHERBROOKE BY 450 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4765 9833 4737 9837 4728 9763 4764 9759 $$ DK/JDS
000 WWUS53 KFGF 232137 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 437 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 NDC039-091-232215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050623T2215Z/ GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND- 437 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR STEELE AND EASTERN GRIGGS COUNTIES... AT 435 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FINLEY...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHERBROOKE AND BLABON BY 445 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN LAKE BY 450 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 4764 9819 4732 9822 4727 9756 4762 9752 $$ 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, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 50 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, 4:33 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 |
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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.