Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

May 26, 1988, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

63 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.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
627 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      BARNES...THE CITY OF VALLEY CITY

AT 625 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  AT 6PM
CDT...JAMESTOWN REPORTED WINDS OF 75 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

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.

ARMSTRONG

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
530 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1988

AT 525 PM CDT...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED
EGG SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED THROUGH PETTIBONE NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT OF
THIS STORM WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA FROM MIDWAY
BETWEEN BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN TO MIDWAY BETWEEN DEVILS LAKE AND GRAND
FORKS.

ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND ST CLOUD.

MOVEMENT WAS ALSO EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
VOELKER

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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.