Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1990, 3:25 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1990, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 3:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richland County, ND
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 222025
SVRFAR
NDC077-222115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
325 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
EXTREME SOUTHERN RICHLAND
AT 320 PM CDT A CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER IN LIDGERWOOD NORTH DAKOTA
REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS.
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIDGERWOOD MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
EWENSWhat 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 22, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013- 221925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 130 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 130 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AND ANOTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA BY 2PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CROOKSTON MINNESOTA AREA BY 230PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOT AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THE NEED A,RISES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANDERSEN
Special weather statement, May 22, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013- 221925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 130 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AND ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA BY 2PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CROOKSTON MINNESOTA AREA BY 230PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHEL1TER IF THE NEED ARISES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANDERSEN
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-222030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 230 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY... AT 230 PM CDT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AS THEY PASSED JUST SOUTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. PEA SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED AT VERONA AND HICKSON NORTH DAKOTA. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALL OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANDERSEN
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.