Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1989, 12:36 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 69 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
- May 29, 1989, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1989, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Richland, 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 nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NDC077-MNC167-291845-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1236 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN RICHLAND...THE CITIES OF WAHPETON/BRECKENRIDGE...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN WILKIN...
AT 1230 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST
RICHLAND COUNTY OF NORTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED
1/2 TO ONE INCH HAIL AS IT CROSSED SARGENT COUNTY OF NORTH
DAKOTA.
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.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ANDERSENWhat 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 640 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 AT 630 AM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO NEAR HARWOOD NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND LIKELY CONTAINS HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTO MINNESOTA AND AFFECT CLAY...NORMAN AND NORTHERN BECKER COUNTIES BY 730 AM CDT. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE GEORGETOWN...FELTON AND ULEN MINNESOTA. OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN.. CONTINUED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM THE FARGO AREA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO NEAR TWIN VALLEY MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. . CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. EWENS
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 945 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 AT 930 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED QUITE RAPIDLY NEAR FERGUS FALLS...IN
Local storm report, May 29, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1125 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1989
TIME EVENT
1025 AM SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA REPORTED
1/2 INCH HAIL NORTH OF FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA.
1042 AM LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM RICHLAND COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON NORTH DAKOTA..NEAR
MOORETON NORTH DAKOTA.
1053 AM CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER IN MANTADOR NORTH DAKOTA..RICHLAND
COUNTY REPORTED .80 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES..1/4 TO 1/2
HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS.
1105 AM CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER IN OTTER TAIL MINNESOTA..OTTER TAIL
COUNTY REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
1115 AM WADENA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN WADENA MINNESOTA
REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
1125 AM CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER IN BRECKENRIDGE MINNESOTA..WILKIN
COUNTY REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS..PEA SIZED HAIL COVERING
GROUND: AND 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.Special weather statement, May 29, 11:47 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1145 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 AT 1132 AM CDT...A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE TOWN OF FERGUS FALLS...IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WAS SPAWNED BY THIS STORM NEAR WAHPETON EARLIER THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING AT 1130 AM. HOWEVER...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PASS OVER THE TOWN OF BATTLE LAKE BY 12 NOON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO... NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...SOUTHWEST OF LISBON. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT ALSO MOVES EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST... WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND OVER SMALL PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. REMAIN IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... FOR LATER TSTATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 29, 12:21 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1215 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989
TIME EVENT
1130 AM FORMAN NORTH DAKOTA..SARGENT COUNTY..REPORTED 1/2 INCH
HAIL WITH A FEW TO 11/2 INCH. COVERING GROUND.
1200 PM FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA..OTTER TAIL COUNTY..REPORTED ONE
INCH OF RAIN IN HALF HOUR..PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO
38 MILES AN HOUR.
1210 PM HAVANA NORTH DAKOTA..SARGENT COUNTY..REPORTED PEA SIZED
{HAIL WITH A FEW STONES TO ONE INCH.
1213 PM ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA..DOUGLAS COUNTY..HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL..NOT MUCH WIND.
ANDERSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 64 min |
| May 29, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1989Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.