Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 73, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 6:20 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. 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
- Jul 10, 2005, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benson County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Se Esmond, ND | STRONG ROTATION IN CLOUDS AS THE PASSED OVERHEAD AROUND 640 PM |
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 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 102320 TORFGF NDC005-110015- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0073.050710T2320Z-050711T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 620 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWEST BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 614 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTH OF ESMOND...OR 43 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BENSON COUNTY AT 630 PM 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 MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4789 9980 4787 9961 4817 9940 4824 9970 $$ JA/DM
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 102344 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 644 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 NDC005-110015- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050711T0015Z/ BENSON ND- 644 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENSON COUNTY... AT 640 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESMOND...OR 39 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BAKER AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARLOW BY 715 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4789 9980 4787 9961 4817 9940 4824 9970 $$ JCA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.