Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2006, 7:38 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 060038 TORFGF NDC077-060145- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0018.060606T0038Z-060606T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 738 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 734 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF LEONARD...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AT 750 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4662 9727 4657 9727 4657 9693 4662 9688 $$ TFGF
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060053 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 752 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 NDC077-060145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060606T0145Z/ RICHLAND ND- 752 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY... AT 747 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRIE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THERE IS ANOTHER STORM SHOWING SIGNS OF ROTATION NORTHWEST OF LIDGERWOOD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WALCOTT BY 810 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4662 9727 4598 9722 4596 9674 4662 9688 $$ TFGF
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060113 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 813 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 NDC077-060145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060606T0145Z/ RICHLAND ND- 813 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY... AT 808 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STILES...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HANKINSON BY 830 PM CDT SONORA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND BY 845 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4617 9721 4595 9721 4597 9664 4615 9668 $$ TFGF
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060128 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 827 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 NDC077-060145- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060606T0145Z/ RICHLAND ND- 827 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY... AT 821 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF HANKINSON...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANKINSON AT 825 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREAT BEND BY 840 PM CDT SONORA AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMARS BY 845 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4615 9707 4595 9721 4594 9663 4617 9667 $$ TFGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 32 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.