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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 5, 2006Richland County, North Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1269 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRansom41 min
Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks59 min
Jun 5, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCass56 min
Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFSargent54 min
Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks67 min
Jun 5, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSteele, Traill46 min
Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass49 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks61 min
Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRichland32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.