Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 17, 1987, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1987, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Cass 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
102 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...CASS

AT 1 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF
THE FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.

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

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AND UNDERPASSES.

ANDERSEN

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1125 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1125 PM CDT AN AREA OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA OF
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE
NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH TO 30 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERAL
OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
A SMALL AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
PERSONS IN AND NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AND
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.