Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 61, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 292130 TORFGF MNC027-NDC017-292230- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0061.050629T2128Z-050629T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 428 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FARGO * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 423 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTH OF HICKSON...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BAKER AT 435 PM SABIN AT 440 PM GLYNDON AND DOWNER AT 445 PM MUSKODA AND HAWLEY AT 455 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 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4665 9712 4664 9620 4694 9621 4689 9708 $$ GUST
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292156 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 452 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC027-NDC017-292230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/ CLAY MN-CASS ND- 452 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES... AT 449 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF CHRISTINE 443 PM. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COMSTOCK AND RUSTAD 455 MUSKODA BY 505 PM CDT... HAWLEY BY 525 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4665 9712 4664 9620 4694 9621 4689 9708 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292221 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 520 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC017-292230- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/ CASS ND- 520 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4678 9657 4679 9621 4712 9622 4711 9657 $$ MNC027-292230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/ CLAY MN- 520 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HITTERDAL...OR 23 MILES EAST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HITTERDAL OR ULEN BY 525 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4678 9657 4679 9621 4712 9622 4711 9657 $$ GUST
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292228 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 528 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC027-292238- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/ CLAY MN- 528 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 528 PM CDT...THE TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4678 9657 4679 9621 4712 9622 4711 9657 $$ 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, 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, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Grant | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 29 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2005Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.