Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 3:48 PM CDT for Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 29, 2005, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 4:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Walcott, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 292049 TORFGF NDC073-077-292145- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0060.050629T2048Z-050629T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 348 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR DE LAMERE...OR 34 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MCLEOD AT 400 PM BARRIE AT 435 PM WEST OF COLFAX AT 440 PM WALCOTT AT 445 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 4629 9748 4629 9682 4659 9681 4660 9746 $$ GUST
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292104 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 403 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC073-077-292145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-050629T2145Z/ RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- 403 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCLEOD...OR 31 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BARRIE BY 430 PM CDT... WALCOTT AND COLFAX BY 445 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4629 9748 4629 9682 4659 9681 4660 9746 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292124 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 424 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC073-077-292145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-050629T2145Z/ RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- 424 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND AND EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES... AT 419 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALCOTT...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 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 SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4629 9748 4630 9666 4662 9680 4660 9746 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292147 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 446 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC073-077-292156- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-050629T2145Z/ RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- 446 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND AND EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 445 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD EXITED THE COUNTIES AND THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4629 9748 4630 9666 4662 9680 4660 9746 $$ 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, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 57 min |
| 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, 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.