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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 23, 2005Becker County, Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 6:54 PM CDT for Becker County, Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 7:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 N Lake Park, MN

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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 232354
TORFGF
MNC005-027-240100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0050.050623T2354Z-050624T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR HITTERDAL...OR 21 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WESTBURY AND CALLAWAY AT 715 PM
  RICHWOOD AT 720 PM
  MANY POINT LAKE AT 745 PM
  PONSFORD AT 755 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. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4705 9638 4682 9633 4682 9598 4681 9539
      4713 9524 4713 9611

$$
DK/JS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 240019
SVSFGF

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

MNC027-240029-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050624T0100Z/
CLAY MN-
719 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY IS 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 4712 9618 4676 9617 4676 9599 4677 9525
      4713 9524

$$

MNC005-240100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050624T0100Z/
BECKER MN-
719 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BECKER COUNTY...

AT 715 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
NORTH OF LAKE PARK...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AUDUBON BY 725 PM CDT...
  WESTBURY BY 730 PM CDT...
  RICHWOOD BY 735 PM CDT...
  DETROIT LAKES BY 740 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. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4712 9618 4676 9617 4676 9599 4677 9525
      4713 9524

$$

JDS/DM

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 240037
SVSFGF

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

MNC005-240100-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050624T0100Z/
BECKER MN-
736 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BECKER COUNTY...

AT 732 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
WESTBURY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEIGHT OF LAND LAKE AND ROCHERT BY 755 PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOAD LAKE BY 800 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. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4713 9603 4677 9604 4677 9597 4678 9520
      4714 9520

$$

JDS/DM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	53 min
Jun 23, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Kittson	59 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Marshall	54 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	5 hr
Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	55 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Polk	60 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	53 min
Jun 23, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Red Lake	55 min
Jun 23, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods, Roseau	66 min
Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Pennington, Red Lake	52 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	52 min
Jun 23, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	53 min
Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Polk	67 min
Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	36 min
Jun 23, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami	42 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.