Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 3, 1986, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 1986, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Barnes County, ND

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
352 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BARNES AND THE CITY OF VALLEY CITY

AT 340 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST
OF VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  AT
340 PM CDT..GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE NORTH DAKOTA
STATE POLICE NEAR SANBORN AND ECKLESON IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD GO TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.  REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AFTER THE STORM PASSES.
EWENS

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986

AT 330 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN FARGO AND
DETROIT LAKES.  THE  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A SMALL CLUSTER
BETWEEN HAWLEY AND LAKE PARK OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF DETROIT LAKES
MINNESOTA.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF
JAMESTOWN IN EXTREME WESTERN BARNES COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DETROIT LAKES SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE
DETROIT LAKES AREA BY 430 PM CDT.  THE STORM EAST OF JAMESTOWN SHOULD
BE MOVING INTO THE VALLEY CITY AREA OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY
430 PM CDT.

CONDITIONS ARE GOOD FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE THUNDER-
STORMS.  YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED
TO RADIO AND T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IN ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED
OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE BEMIDJI/LEECH
LAKE AREAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.
EWENS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.