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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 29, 2005Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 4:37 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 292138
TORFGF
MNC111-167-292230-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0062.050629T2137Z-050629T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
437 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY 
  SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY 

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELL...
  OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WESTERN AT 455 PM
  DALTON AT 520 PM

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4621 9657 4604 9650 4605 9632 4612 9628
      4613 9589 4628 9594

$$

GUST
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 292213
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
513 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

MNC167-292223-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/
WILKIN MN-
513 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4637 9627 4611 9624 4612 9569 4639 9569

$$

MNC111-292230-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050629T2230Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
513 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
DALTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 40 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4637 9627 4611 9624 4612 9569 4639 9569

$$

GUST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay7 hr
Jun 29, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay12 hr
Jun 29, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin60 min
Jun 29, 9:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFWilkin13 hr
Jun 29, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail13 hr
Jun 29, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFGrant13 hr
Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin56 min
Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay60 min
Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrant61 min
Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker55 min
Jun 29, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail58 min
Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen47 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker43 min
Jun 29, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWadena61 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard49 min
Jun 29, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater52 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena31 min
Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.