Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Aug 5, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Colfax, ND | |
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Colfax, ND | PERSISTENT WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL OBSERVED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 060059 RRA TORFGF MNC167-NDC077-060200- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0036.060806T0059Z-060806T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 759 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 758 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTH OF BARRIE...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE ABOUT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF WALCOTT AT 820 PM CDT COLFAX AT 830 PM CDT GALCHUTT AT 845 PM CDT ABERCROMBIE AT 850 PM CDT 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 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4656 9723 4638 9727 4628 9636 4659 9639 $$ HOPPES
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060119 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 818 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 MNC167-NDC077-060200- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060806T0200Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 818 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND AND NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GALCHUTT...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. 60 MPH WIND WAS REPORTED IN COLFAX AT 803 PM CDT. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GALCHUTT BY 835 PM CDT DWIGHT BY 850 PM CDT BRUSHVALE BY 855 PM CDT WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE BY 900 PM CDT DO NOT OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING OR SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4656 9723 4631 9728 4622 9649 4644 9648 $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060146 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 846 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 MNC167-NDC077-060200- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060806T0200Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 846 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES... AT 843 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...OR 6 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTH OF MOORETON AT 845 PM CDT. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRECKENRIDGE AND WAHPETON BY 855 PM CDT DORAN BY 900 PM CDT 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 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4652 9698 4623 9703 4616 9644 4644 9641 $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS53 KFGF 060205 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 904 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 MNC167-NDC077-060214- /O.EXP.KFGF.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060806T0200Z/ WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND- 904 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 900 PM CDT... AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER DWIGHT...OR 7 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4652 9698 4623 9703 4616 9644 4644 9641 $$ HOPPES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 17 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.