Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 11, 1990Cass County, Ransom County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT for Cass County, Ransom 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
Jun 11, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, ND, Ransom 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
Jun 11, 10:10 PM CDTHail 1Cass, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2064 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 120154
SVRFAR
NDC017-073-097-120300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
854 PM CDT MON JUN 11 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      WESTERN CASS...TRAILL...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      RANSOM...

AT 845 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA
TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARGO OR OVER WESTERN TRAILL...
EASTERN BARNES...AND EXTREME WESTERN RANSOM COUNTIES.  THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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.

IFB 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, LaMoure68 min
Jun 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSteele68 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina64 min
Jun 11, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTraill66 min
Jun 11, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass62 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.