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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 26, 2005Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2005, 8:28 PM CDT for Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 8:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Straubville, ND	LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES DOWN AND IRRIGATION EQUIPEMENT ON ITS SIDE. REPORTED STRONG WINDS KICKING UP MUD.
Jun 26, 9:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Gwinner, ND
Jun 26, 9:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Straubville, ND	LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES DOWN AND IRRIGATION EQUIPEMENT ON ITS SIDE. REPORTED STRONG WINDS KICKING UP MUD.

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
Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 2223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 270128
TORFGF
NDC081-270230-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0058.050627T0128Z-050627T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUDDEN...OR
  65 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STRAUBVILLE AT 835 PM
  COGSWELL AT 845 PM
  STIRUM AT 855 PM
  GWINNER AT 905 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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4626 9799 4595 9798 4602 9776 4627 9738
      4626 9790

$$

DK/JDS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 270142
SVSFGF

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

NDC081-270230-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050627T0230Z/
SARGENT ND-
841 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 
SARGENT COUNTY...

AT 836 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
WEST OF STRAUBVILLE...OR 61 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COGSWELL AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRETE BY 850 PM CDT...
  STIRUM BY 900 PM CDT...
  GWINNER BY 910 PM CDT...
  MILNOR BY 925 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4626 9799 4595 9798 4602 9776 4627 9738
      4626 9790

$$

DK/JDS

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 270214
SVSFGF

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

NDC081-270230-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050627T0230Z/
SARGENT ND-
914 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 
SARGENT COUNTY...

AT 910 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTH OF COGSWELL...OR 54 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GWINNER BY 920 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILNOR BY 930 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4626 9799 4595 9798 4602 9776 4627 9738
      4626 9790

$$

DK/JDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	57 min
Jun 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Ramsey, Towner	12 hr
Jun 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	12 hr
Jun 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	59 min
Jun 26, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey	58 min
Jun 26, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson	66 min
Jun 26, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey	62 min
Jun 27, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Steele, Traill, Walsh	66 min
Jun 27, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy, Griggs, Nelson	50 min
Jun 27, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina	57 min
Jun 27, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	53 min
Jun 27, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh	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.