3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 9:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1052 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005 QUICK UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 641. WILL ALSO NEED TO EXTEND SEVERE WORDING EAST TO RED RIVER ACROSS NE ND BECAUSE OF THE WATCH...ALTHOUGH MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE RED RIVER OVERNIGHT. .EVENING UPDATE...TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST AREA IS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE MLCAPES HAVE APPROACHED 5000 J/KG WITH MINIMAL CIN. STORMS TRIED TO DEVELOP A COUPLE HOURS AGO...BUT COULD NOT SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AS MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES REMAIN BELOW 7C/KM. 700MB TEMPS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD KEEP STRONG STORMS FROM DEVELOPING...ALTHOUGH ISOLD -TSRA REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE SECOND AREA INCLUDES E ND AS COMPLICATED SYSTEM SETTING UP AND APPROACHING REGION. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS STRONG WAVE NORTH OF MONTANA SLOWLY PROPAGATING EAST. THIS FEATURE IS INDUCING DEEPENING SFC LOW ACROSS SW ND. THIS WILL SET UP LOW LEVEL JET AROUND 50KTS WHICH WILL FOCUS ACROSS CENTRAL ND INTO NE ND. AS THE SFC LOW STRENGTHENS...DRY (MORE STABLE) AIR MASS (SFC DEW POINTS 50-55F) WILL BE PULLED NORTH ALONG WITH INCREASING 700MB TEMPERATURES...WITH WEAKENING STORMS ACROSS S ND CONFIRMING THIS. BELIEVE CURRENT STRONG STORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ND WILL CONTINUE...BUT FOLLOW GREATEST INSTABILITY AXIS...WHICH WILL BRUSH DVL BASIN. GREATEST SEVERE THREAT THUS ACROSS DVL BASIN TONIGHT WHERE 700MB TEMPS LOWEST...ALTHOUGH ISOLD STORMS POSSIBLE REMAINDER OF AREA WITH STRONG LLJ AND WEAK INSTABILITY. CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS ALL VERY WELL AND ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES ANTICIPATED. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR NECHE. MN...NONE. && GRAFENAUER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 525 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-161700- BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-CLAY MN-EAST BECKER MN- EAST MARSHALL MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-EAST POLK MN- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-GRANT MN-GRIGGS ND- HUBBARD MN-KITTSON MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NELSON ND- NORMAN MN-NORTH BELTRAMI MN-NORTH CLEARWATER MN-PEMBINA ND- PENNINGTON MN-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RED LAKE MN-RICHLAND ND-ROSEAU MN- SARGENT ND-SOUTH BELTRAMI MN-SOUTH CLEARWATER MN-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND- TRAILL ND-WADENA MN-WEST BECKER MN-WEST MARSHALL MN- WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST POLK MN-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-WILKIN MN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEMIDJI...DETROIT LAKES...DEVILS LAKE... FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...ROSEAU... THIEF RIVER FALLS...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON 525 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...EXISTS LATE TONIGHT FOR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE HAZARD AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A DEVILS LAKE TO PEMBINA LINE. IT APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL BE DRAWN BACK INTO THE REGION ON SOUTHERLY WINDS. DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED IN THEIR AREA OF INFLUENCE TONIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...EXISTS SUNDAY FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE MORNING IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO CANADA ON SUNDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG IT BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA AS THE FRONT TRACKS IN THAT DIRECTION. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. LATER IN THE WEEK...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NEXT FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT. BRAMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 1047 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005 NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>027-054-171000- BENSON ND-CAVALIER ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-NELSON ND- PEMBINA ND-RAMSEY ND-TOWNER ND-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 641 IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES BENSON CAVALIER EDDY GRAND FORKS NELSON PEMBINA RAMSEY TOWNER WALSH INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS AND LANGDON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large evergreens were uprooted along the Towner/Cavalier county line.
Eight large evergreens were uprooted.
Many large tree branches were blown down. Power lines were also blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5467693, 5467779, 5467780.