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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 26, 2005Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2005, 1:33 PM CDT for Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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 26, 2005, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1899 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 261833
TORFGF
MNC027-167-261930-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0054.050626T1833Z-050626T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
133 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  NORTH CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 129 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BARNESVILLE...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BARNESVILLE...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWNDALE AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF BAKER AT 140 PM
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNER AT 155 PM
  ROLLAG AT 215 PM
  8 MILES SOUTH OF DALE AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWLEY AT 230 PM

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4658 9667 4651 9643 4652 9630 4666 9630
      4665 9620 4691 9621 4692 9658

$$

JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 261852
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
152 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

MNC027-167-261930-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050626T1930Z/
CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-
152 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 151 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTH OF ROLLAG...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROLLAG BY 205 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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4658 9667 4651 9643 4651 9629 4664 9629
      4664 9619 4693 9618 4692 9658

$$

JDS/DM
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 261925
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

MNC027-167-261935-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050626T1930Z/
CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 230 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND
NORTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
230 PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 4658 9667 4651 9643 4651 9629 4664 9629
      4664 9619 4693 9618 4692 9658

$$

JDS/DM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Otter Tail57 min
Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Otter Tail63 min
Jun 26, 2:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBecker16 hr
Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard, Wadena56 min
Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFHubbard15 hr

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.