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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 5, 2006Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 W Karlstad, MN
Jun 5, 8:21 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Karlstad, MNNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
Jun 5, 8:34 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 W Karlstad, MN
Jun 5, 8:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKarlstad, MNNUMEROUS 4 TO 12 INCH TREE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF.
Jun 5, 8:40 PM CDTHAIL 16 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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN 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.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson57 min
Jun 5, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay49 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk61 min
Jun 6, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena46 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.