Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 80, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2005, 5:59 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 6 reports 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
- Aug 25, 2005, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Otter Tail County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carlisle, MN | TRAILER OVERTURNED ALONG INTERSTATE 94 |
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Carlisle, MN | SEMI TRAILER OVERTURNED ALONG INTERSTATE 94 |
| Aug 25, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Ne Elizabeth, MN | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND CAR |
| Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 11 Se Erhard, MN | |
| Aug 25, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Edwards, MN | PATH OF LARGE HAIL CONTINUED TO EDWARDS WHERE CONSIDERABLE ROOF AND VEHICLE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. ALSO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. |
| Aug 25, 6:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 11 Se Erhard, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 252300
TORFGF
MNC111-260000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0080.050825T2259Z-050826T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
559 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH...
OR 9 MILES NORTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
EDWARDS AT 605 PM
PHELPS AT 620 PM
AMOR AT 630 PM
OTTERTAIL LAKE AT 635 PM
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4662 9626 4627 9621 4635 9556 4671 9583
4665 9605
$$
JDS/CJS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFGF 252314
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
613 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
MNC111-260000-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-050826T0000Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
613 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...
AT 613 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTH OF EDWARDS...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PHELPS BY 620 PM CDT...
9 MILES SOUTH OF STAR LAKE BY 625 PM CDT...
AMOR BY 630 PM CDT...
OTTERTAIL LAKE BY 635 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A STAIRWAY OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
LAT...LON 4662 9626 4627 9621 4635 9556 4671 9583
4665 9605
$$
JDS/CJS000
WWUS53 KFGF 252329
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
628 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
MNC111-260000-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-050826T0000Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
628 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL OTTER
TAIL COUNTY...
AT 628 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
AMOR...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OTTERTAIL LAKE BY 635 PM CDT...
RICHVILLE BY 640 PM CDT...
OTTERTAIL BY 645 PM CDT...
9 MILES NORTH OF HENNING BY 655 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4661 9619 4629 9619 4630 9541 4670 9543
4671 9598
$$
JDS/CJS000
WWUS53 KFGF 252339
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
637 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
MNC111-260000-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-050826T0000Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
637 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL OTTER
TAIL COUNTY...
AT 637 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR AMOR...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM ALSO PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL 8
MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDS AT 634 PM CDT.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OTTERTAIL LAKE BY 645 PM CDT...
RICHVILLE BY 655 PM CDT...
OTTERTAIL BY 700 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4663 9610 4629 9608 4629 9526 4671 9528
4671 9598
$$
JDS/CJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 11 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
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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.