Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 18, 1988Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1988, 11:04 AM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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
Sep 18, 1988, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 1988, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, MN, Cass 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
Sep 18, 11:25 AM CDTHail 0.75Cass, ND
Sep 18, 12:00 PM CDTHail 1.5Cass, 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
Sep 18, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFDickey, LaMoure57 min
Sep 18, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFDickey, LaMoure42 min
Sep 18, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass62 min
Sep 18, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom56 min
Sep 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass, Richland55 min
Sep 18, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker56 min
Sep 18, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1988Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.