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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT for Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 2, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kittson County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Haug, MN | 4-6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 030431 TORFGF MNC069-135-030530- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0070.050703T0430Z-050703T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1130 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROSEAU * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1127 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORLEANS...OR 47 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CARIBOU AT 1145 PM PINECREEK AT 1210 AM ROSS AND FOX AT 1215 AM ROSEAU AT 1220 AM IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4900 9689 4889 9691 4878 9576 4901 9570 $$ HOPPES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 030504 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1203 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC069-135-030530- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-050703T0530Z/ ROSEAU MN-KITTSON MN- 1203 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KITTSON AND NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTIES... AT 1157 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF CARIBOU...OR 23 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSS...PINECREEK AND 7 MILES NORTH OF FOX BY 1215 AM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF ROSEAU BY 1225 AM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. LAT...LON 4900 9689 4889 9691 4878 9576 4901 9570 $$ 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, 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, 11:33 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.