Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT for Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 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 29, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Havana, ND | WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH NEAR HAVANA. |
| Jun 29, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Havana, ND | TREES BLOWN DOWN, ROOF BLOWN OFF |
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 29, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 292011 TORFGF NDC081-292115- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0059.050629T2011Z-050629T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 311 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 306 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF HAVANA...OR 54 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HAVANA AT 320 PM RUTLAND AT 330 PM FORMAN AT 335 PM NEAR CAYUGA AT 340 PM MILNOR AT 405 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 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4594 9766 4595 9730 4626 9728 4626 9764 $$ GUST
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292031 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 330 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC081-292115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050629T2115Z/ SARGENT ND- 330 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY... AT 328 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUTLAND...OR 46 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS DIME SIZED HAIL AND 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS NEAR HAVANA AT 320 PM. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEST OF CAYUGA AT 340 PM MILNOR AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMLIN BY 350 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4594 9766 4595 9730 4626 9728 4626 9764 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292058 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 358 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC081-292115- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050629T2115Z/ SARGENT ND- 358 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY... AT 353 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DE LAMERE...OR 34 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO SHOULD BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST RANSOM COUNTY SHORTLY. 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 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4594 9766 4595 9730 4626 9728 4626 9764 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292108 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 408 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC081-292118- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050629T2115Z/ SARGENT ND- 408 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 408 PM CDT...THE TORNADO IN EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4594 9766 4595 9730 4626 9728 4626 9764 $$ GUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Sargent | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Eddy | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson | 18 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Ransom | 17 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 60 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.