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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 5, 1988Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1988, 8:24 PM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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: Jul 5, 1988, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1988, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Barnes 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Barnes, 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
545 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

TIME      EVENT
356 PM    WEATHER OBSERVER FROM CAVALIER 7NW, NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
          1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL.

405 PM    PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST WEST OF CAVALIER NORTH
          DAKOTA.

440 PM    WEATHER OBSERVER FROM CAVALIER 7NW, NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
          1.15 INCHES OF RAIN AND TREE DAMAGE FROM STRONG WIND.
SPIES

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Steele	63 min
Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	68 min
Jul 6, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker	69 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	57 min
Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Hubbard	69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1988 Every 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.