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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2006, 8:16 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 5 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Karlstad, MN | |
| Jun 5, 8:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Karlstad, MN | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL |
| Jun 5, 8:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Karlstad, MN | |
| Jun 5, 8:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Karlstad, MN | NUMEROUS 4 TO 12 INCH TREE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF. |
| Jun 5, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nw Strandquist, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 060116 TORFGF MNC069-089-135-060215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0019.060606T0116Z-060606T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 816 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 812 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES WEST OF KARLSTAD...OR 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENBUSH AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEO BY 855 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4863 9671 4849 9661 4858 9618 4878 9622 $$ DK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060127 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 826 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 MNC069-089-135-060215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060606T0215Z/ KITTSON MN-ROSEAU MN-MARSHALL MN- 826 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU AND SOUTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTIES... AT 821 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER KARLSTAD...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF KARLSTAD AT 821 PM. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF GREENBUSH BY 905 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4863 9671 4849 9661 4858 9618 4878 9622 $$ DK/BB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060148 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 848 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 MNC069-089-135-060215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060606T0215Z/ KITTSON MN-ROSEAU MN-MARSHALL MN- 848 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU AND SOUTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTIES... AT 842 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF KARLSTAD...OR 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF GREENBUSH BY 915 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4863 9671 4849 9661 4858 9618 4878 9622 $$ DK/BB
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060213 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 912 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 MNC069-089-135-060222- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060606T0215Z/ KITTSON MN-ROSEAU MN-MARSHALL MN- 912 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL... SOUTHWESTERN ROSEAU AND SOUTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4863 9671 4849 9661 4858 9618 4878 9622 $$ DK/BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 46 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.