Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT for Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2005, 3:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marshall County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:40 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Sw Middle River, MN | INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS ALONG 6 MILE TRACK TO 2 SSE MIDDLE RIVER BY 252 PM. ANTICYCLONIC OR CLOCKWISE ROTATION EVIDENT IN TREE DAMAGE IN SHELTER BELTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 111931 TORFGF MNC089-112030- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0078.050711T1931Z-050711T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 231 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 230 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWFOLDEN... OR 16 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MIDDLE RIVER AT 250 PM IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4832 9647 4827 9615 4853 9571 4854 9624 $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 111945 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 245 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 MNC089-112030- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050711T2030Z/ MARSHALL MN- 245 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY... AT 242 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLE RIVER...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4832 9647 4827 9615 4853 9571 4854 9624 $$ DK
000 WWUS53 KFGF 112017 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 316 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 MNC089-112026- /O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050711T2030Z/ MARSHALL MN- 316 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 316 PM CDT...THE TORNADO IN CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4832 9647 4827 9615 4853 9571 4854 9624 $$ DK
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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.