Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 66, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 2, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kittson County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Orleans, MN | |
| Jul 2, 9:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Orleans, MN | TWO FUNNELS MERGED NEAR ORLEANS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 030131 TORFGF MNC069-030230- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0066.050703T0130Z-050703T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 830 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 827 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER HUMBOLDT...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOYES AT 900 PM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLEANS AT 910 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4885 9718 4880 9703 4900 9682 4900 9723 $$ HOPPES
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 030154 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 853 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 MNC069-030230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-050703T0230Z/ KITTSON MN- 853 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY... AT 849 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUMBOLDT...OR 39 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. KITTSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF NORTHCOTE AT 850 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ORLEANS BY 925 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4885 9718 4880 9703 4900 9682 4900 9723 $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS53 KFGF 030206 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 905 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 MNC069-030230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-050703T0230Z/ KITTSON MN- 905 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY... AT 900 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HUMBOLDT...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN ORLEANS AT 900 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ORLEANS BY 930 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4885 9718 4880 9703 4900 9675 4900 9723 $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS53 KFGF 030222 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 921 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 MNC069-030230- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-050703T0230Z/ KITTSON MN- 921 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY... AT 915 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORLEANS...OR 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON. THE TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. A COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF ORLEANS AT 915 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ORLEANS BY 925 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4885 9718 4880 9703 4900 9675 4900 9723 $$ HOPPES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 40 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.