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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 23, 2005Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 5:57 PM CDT for Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pennington County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 232257
TORFGF
MNC113-125-240000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0046.050623T2257Z-050624T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR RED LAKE FALLS...OR 17 MILES
  SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TERREBONNE AT 605 PM
  PLUMMER AT 615 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 4792 9640 4779 9626 4790 9581 4816 9596

$$

DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232307
SVSFGF

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

MNC113-125-240000-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050624T0000Z/
PENNINGTON MN-RED LAKE MN-
607 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR RED LAKE AND
CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
WEST OF PLUMMER...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLUMMER BY 610 PM CDT...
  RURAL SOUTHERN PENNINGTON COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN RED LAKE COUNTY AT 620 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 9640 4779 9626 4790 9581 4816 9596

$$

DK/JDS
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 232349
SVSFGF

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

MNC113-125-232359-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050624T0000Z/
PENNINGTON MN-RED LAKE MN-
649 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RED LAKE AND CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

AT 649 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL PENNINGTON AND
RED LAKE COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4792 9640 4779 9626 4790 9581 4816 9596

$$
DK/JS

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, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods55 min
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, 5:59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.