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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 10, 2005Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 10:01 PM CDT
In force
56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 9:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Sse Esmond, ND

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2005-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4621 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2005-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
22.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 110206
TORFGF
NDC005-110300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0075.050711T0205Z-050711T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
905 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 1000 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HARVEY...OR 48 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE           
  NORTHEAST   AT 20 MPH. MEDIA REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 
  10 MILES NORTH OF HARVEY AT ABOUT 9 PM CDT.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ESMOND AT 925 PM
  MADDOCK AT 940 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 4807 9981 4787 9980 4787 9935 4812 9939

$$

JA/DM
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 110221
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
918 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NDC005-110300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050711T0300Z/
BENSON ND-
918 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST BENSON
COUNTY...

AT 915 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF HARVEY...OR 47 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THE
TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES A SECOND 
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HARLOW MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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 4807 9981 4787 9980 4787 9935 4812 9939

$$

JA/DM
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 110236
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
935 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NDC005-110300-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050711T0300Z/
BENSON ND-
935 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN BENSON
COUNTY...

AT 932 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTH OF LEEDS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEEDS AT 945 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 4807 9981 4787 9980 4787 9935 4812 9939

$$

JA/DM
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 110301
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1001 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NDC005-110311-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050711T0300Z/
BENSON ND-
1001 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BENSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1000 PM
CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND THE 
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4807 9981 4787 9980 4787 9935 4812 9939

$$

JCA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson28 min
Jul 10, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner23 min
Jul 10, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson61 min
Jul 10, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRamsey, Towner56 min
Jul 10, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner62 min
Jul 10, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCavalier67 min
Jul 10, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Towner64 min
Jul 11, 5:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFWalsh11 hr

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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.