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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:05 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Becker County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 5:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Lake Park, MN | MN RWIS SITE ALONG HIGHWAY 10 |
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, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 292206 TORFGF MNC005-292300- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0063.050629T2205Z-050629T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 505 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DETROIT LAKES * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 502 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES WEST OF CORMORANT...OR 14 MILES WEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AUDUBON...NORTHWEST OF SHOREHAM AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE PARK AT 515 PM DETROIT LAKES AT 520 PM WESTBURY AT 525 PM RICHWOOD AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALLAWAY AT 530 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. LAT...LON 4699 9616 4673 9616 4673 9571 4701 9574 $$ GUST
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 292223 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 523 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC005-292300- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-050629T2300Z/ BECKER MN- 523 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY... AT 519 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF WESTBURY...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4699 9616 4673 9616 4672 9565 4701 9565 $$ GUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 12 hr |
| 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, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| 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, 5:33 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 |
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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.