Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 75, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Towner | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 5:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Walsh | 11 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.