Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 7, 1988, 2:09 AM CDT (07:09 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1988, 3:15 AM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Cavalier 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
209 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      CAVALIER

AT 205 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CAVALIER COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANGDON..35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE.  AT 200 AM CDT
A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR HAMPDEN NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
55 TO 65 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.

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.

EWENS

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
840 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1988

...SEVERE THUNERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100PM CDT FOR NORTHERN NORTH
   DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AT 830 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

STRONGEST STORMS IN NORTH DAKOTA WERE 20 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE NEAR
LAKOTA AND PETERSBURG. IN MINNESOTA THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 50 MILES
NORTH OF GRAND FORKS NEAR LAKE BRONSON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED SINCE 730 PM CDT CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOT AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
VOELKER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
940 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1988

...SEVERE THUNERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEEAST NORTH
   DAKOTA...

AT 925 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WERE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

STRONGEST STORMS IN NORTH DAKOTA WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GRAND FORKS...NEAR THE CITIES OF CONCRETE AND MOUNTAIN. OVER MINNESOTA
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED  50 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS AND IN THE
BEMIDJI AREA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE AS OF 940 PM CDT.

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.