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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2005, 9:31 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 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), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 9:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Northcote, MN | NORTHCOTE 1S 5N GRAIN DRYER FELL ON SEMI TRUCK, ANTENNA AND SATELLITE DISH BLOWN OFF HOUSE, GRAIN ELEVATOR TORN APART, HUGE TREES UPROOTED |
| Jul 2, 9:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Northcote, MN | NORTHCOTE 1S 5W GRAIN DRYER FELL ON SEMI TRUCK, ANTENNA AND SATELLITE DISH BLOWN OFF HOUSE, GRAIN ELEVATOR TORN APART, HUGE TREES UPROOTED |
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, 2.5 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
- 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 030232 TORFGF MNC069-030330- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0067.050703T0231Z-050703T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 931 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 1030 PM CDT * AT 927 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ORLEANS...OR 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KITTSON COUNTY AT 950 PM IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE THEN SEEK SHELTER IN AN INNERMOST ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS. LAT...LON 4883 9716 4877 9690 4900 9673 4900 9711 $$ HOPPES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 030252 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 951 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 MNC069-030330- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-050703T0330Z/ KITTSON MN- 951 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY... AT 945 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHCOTE...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON. THE TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. A COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR NORTHCOTE. ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LANCASTER AT 940 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NORTHCOTE BY 1030 PM CDT... DO NOT OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING OR SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LAT...LON 4883 9716 4877 9690 4900 9673 4900 9711 $$ 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, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 60 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.