Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 7, 1990, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

Counties Becker County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
508 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
      SOUTHERN BECKER...NORTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN NORMAN...THE 
      CITY OF DETROIT LAKES...

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      EXTREME NORTHERN OTTER TAIL...

AT 500 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH-
WEST OF DETROIT LAKES MINNESOTA IN THE CITY OF COMMORANT AREA AND
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 TO 30 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FARGO
IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA.  BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 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 T{O AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

EWENS

In the hours before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-072030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
225 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPDILY OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 225 PM CDT A SMALL AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED
OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP RAPIDLY AS THEY ARE IN AN AREA OF POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE AIR.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM 50 MILES EAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA SOUTHWEST TO
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SKIES REMAINED MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WERE SHIFTING TO
THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED
INTO THE LOWER 80S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WAS MOVING EAST
AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MOISTURE INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON.
ANDERSEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.