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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 27, 2006Towner County, North Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTHAIL 0.757 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2006-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2583 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2006-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner62 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFTowner12 hr
May 27, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner60 min
May 27, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson43 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.