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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 23, 2005Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake of the Woods County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2005-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2973 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 2005-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 400 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 232150
TORFGF
MNC077-232245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0042.050623T2150Z-050623T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
450 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES SOUTH OF ANGLE INLET...
  OR 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OAK ISLAND AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF FLAG ISLAND AT 505 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 4937 9513 4908 9515 4913 9479 4934 9481

$$

HOPPES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232209
SVSFGF

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

MNC077-232245-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050623T2245Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
509 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY...

AT 506 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OAK ISLAND...OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 50 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4937 9513 4908 9515 4913 9479 4934 9481

$$

HOPPES
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232242
SVSFGF

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

MNC077-232251-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050623T2245Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT...

AT 541 PM CDT...THE TORNADO IN NORTH CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
545 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4937 9513 4908 9515 4913 9479 4934 9481

$$

HOPPES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson53 min
Jun 23, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson59 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall54 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFKittson5 hr
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk60 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman53 min
Jun 23, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake55 min
Jun 23, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau66 min
Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake52 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman, Polk52 min
Jun 23, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami53 min
Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClearwater, Polk67 min
Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods36 min
Jun 23, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami42 min
Jun 23, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.