Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 76, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 10, 2005Ramsey County, Towner County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 9:49 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2005, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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°0°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 110251
TORFGF
NDC071-095-110345-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0076.050711T0249Z-050711T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
949 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA  
  SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES   
  EAST OF LEEDS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR CHURCHES FERRY AT 10 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 4836 9920 4820 9920 4825 9894 4857 9898
      4855 9924

$$

JA/DM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 110308
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1007 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NDC071-095-110345-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050711T0345Z/
TOWNER ND-RAMSEY ND-
1007 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
RAMSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER COUNTIES...

AT 1002 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THE TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PENN AT 1010 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 4836 9920 4820 9920 4825 9894 4857 9898
      4855 9924

$$

JA/DM
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 110345
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1045 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

NDC071-095-110355-
/O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050711T0345Z/
TOWNER ND-RAMSEY ND-
1045 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN RAMSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER    
   COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1045 PM CDT...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER AND
WESTERN RAMSEY COUNTIES. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1045 
PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 4836 9920 4820 9920 4825 9894 4857 9898
      4855 9924

$$

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, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson56 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.