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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2005, 3:34 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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 26, 2005, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hubbard County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 26, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Park Rapids, MN | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. WIND GUST TO 51 MPH AT PARK RAPIDS AIRPORT AT 346 PM. |
| Jun 26, 3:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Park Rapids, MN | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. WIND GUST TO 51 MPH AT PARK RAPIDS AIRPORT AT 346 PM. |
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 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFGF 262034
TORFGF
MNC057-159-262130-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0057.050626T2034Z-050626T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
334 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 329 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDWAY...OR
29 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HUBBARD AND PARK RAPIDS AT 340 PM
DORSET AND 7 MILES NORTH OF HUNTERSVILLE AT 345 PM
BADOURA AND NEVIS AT 355 PM
CHAMBERLAIN AND AKELEY AT 400 PM
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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4730 9515 4675 9516 4675 9480 4681 9481
4681 9468 4730 9468
$$
JDS/DM3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 262048
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
MNC057-159-262130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050626T2130Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN WADENA
AND HUBBARD COUNTIES...
AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PARK RAPIDS...OR 36 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DORSET BY 400 PM CDT...
NEVIS BY 405 PM CDT...
CHAMBERLAIN BY 415 PM CDT...
AKELEY BY 420 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4730 9515 4675 9516 4675 9480 4681 9481
4681 9468 4730 9468
$$
JDS/DM000
WWUS53 KFGF 262106
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
MNC057-159-262130-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050626T2130Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
WADENA AND HUBBARD COUNTIES...
AT 401 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DORSET...OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAMBERLAIN BY 415 PM CDT...
AKELEY BY 420 PM CDT...
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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4739 9511 4674 9510 4675 9480 4681 9480
4681 9468 4739 9468
$$
JDS/DM000
WWUS53 KFGF 262127
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
MNC057-159-262136-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050626T2130Z/
HUBBARD MN-WADENA MN-
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WADENA AND HUBBARD COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT...
AT 426 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF HUBBARD AND NORTHEASTERN
WADENA COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4739 9511 4674 9510 4675 9480 4681 9480
4681 9468 4739 9468
$$
JDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Becker | 16 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 15 hr |
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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.