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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 23, 2005Becker County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Becker County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 8:32 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Two Inlets, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 3125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 240058
TORFGF
MNC005-240200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0052.050624T0057Z-050624T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEIGHT OF
  LAND LAKE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SNELLMAN AT 815 PM
  PONSFORD AT 820 PM
  OSAGE AT 830 PM
  TWO INLETS AT 835 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 4714 9584 4673 9591 4673 9519 4714 9520

$$

JDS/DM

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 240120
SVSFGF

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

MNC005-240200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050624T0200Z/
BECKER MN-
820 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EASTERN BECKER
COUNTY...

AT 819 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
NORTH OF OSAGE...OR 29 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 4704 9557 4674 9575 4673 9519 4714 9520
      4714 9544

$$

JDS/DM

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 240136
SVSFGF

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

MNC005-240200-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050624T0200Z/
BECKER MN-
836 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EASTERN BECKER
COUNTY...

AT 832 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PARK RAPIDS...OR 35 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL 
NEAR TWO INLETS.

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 4697 9540 4674 9565 4673 9519 4713 9520
      4710 9526

$$

JDS/DM

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 240158
SVSFGF

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

MNC005-240208-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050624T0200Z/
BECKER MN-
858 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900
PM CDT...

AT 858 PM CDT...THE TORNADO IN SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM
CDT.

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 4697 9540 4674 9565 4673 9519 4713 9520
      4710 9526

$$

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, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	62 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Becker	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Hubbard	45 min
Jun 23, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	65 min
Jun 23, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wadena	38 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.