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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT for Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
- May 27, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Towner County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 S Bisbee, ND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 2583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFGF 280113 TORFGF NDC095-280215- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0007.060528T0112Z-060528T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 812 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 807 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES WEST OF CANDO...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CANDO BY 820 PM CDT CONSIDINE BY 855 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4839 9945 4839 9902 4869 9901 4869 9945 $$ GODON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFGF 280129 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 828 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 NDC095-280215- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060528T0215Z/ TOWNER ND- 828 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TOWNER COUNTY... AT 824 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CONSIDINE...OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EGELAND AT 840 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4839 9945 4839 9902 4869 9901 4869 9945 $$ JCA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Towner | 12 hr |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 43 min |
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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.