Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 28, 1988Cavalier County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT for Cavalier County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Cavalier County, ND

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:50 PM CDTTornado F0Cavalier, ND
May 28, 6:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Cavalier, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFDouglas, Otter Tail62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

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