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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 5, 2005Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2005, 7:11 PM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 8 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: Sep 5, 2005, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Sep 5, 7:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Casselton, ND	PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL THROUGH 718 PM AT I-94 AND HWY 18 INTERSECTION.
Sep 5, 7:30 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	West Fargo, ND
Sep 5, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Mapleton, ND	ABOUT 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OFF.
Sep 5, 7:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Sw West Fargo, ND	FUNNEL SIGHTED OFF WEST END OF EAGLE RUN SUBDIVISION.
Sep 5, 7:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fargo, ND	40 BY 160 FOOT TENT FELLED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. 4 INCH POSTS WERE SHEARED. CONCESSION STAND DEMOLISHED.
Sep 5, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fargo, ND	40 BY 160 FOOT TENT FELLED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. 4 INCH POSTS WERE SHEARED.
Sep 5, 8:00 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	1 W Wild Rice, ND	TORNADO TRACKED FROM NEAR THE WILD RICE RIVER FOR ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES TO THE RED RIVER ABOUT 1 ENE WILD RICE BY 804 PM. TORNADO CONTINUED INTO CLAY COUNTY OF MINNESOTA ABOUT 2 NW RUSTAD. SIGNAGE AND FENCING WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED
Sep 5, 8:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Rustad, MN	TORNADO CROSSED RED RIVER FROM CASS COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA AND CONTINUED INTERMITTANT DAMAGE TRACK FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILES TO THE ENE NEAR 2.5 NNE RUSTAD BY 812 PM. TORNADO UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF NUMEROUS TREES IN TWO FARMSTEDS. DEBRIS WAS CARRIED UP TO 200 YARDS IN

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
Sep 5, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFGF 060011
TORFGF
MNC027-NDC017-060115-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0082.050906T0011Z-050906T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
711 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
  EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FARGO

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTH OF DURBIN...OR 16
  MILES WEST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WEST FARGO AT 730 PM
  FARGO...PRAIRIE ROSE...FRONTIER AND REILES ACRES AT 735 PM
  OXBOW AT 740 PM
  MOORHEAD AT 745 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
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4694 9725 4676 9725 4673 9651 4700 9652

$$

JCA/GJG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 060056
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
756 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

MNC027-NDC017-060106-
/O.CAN.KFGF.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-050906T0115Z/
CLAY MN-CASS ND-
756 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CASS AND WESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DILWORTH...OR 8 MILES EAST
OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4694 9725 4676 9725 4673 9651 4700 9652

$$

JCA/GJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom	58 min
Sep 5, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	55 min
Sep 5, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	58 min
Sep 5, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk	55 min
Sep 5, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Wilkin	62 min
Sep 5, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Otter Tail	59 min
Sep 5, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman	57 min
Sep 5, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard	53 min
Sep 5, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wadena	58 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.