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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 25, 1990Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Koochiching County, MN

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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KINL 260112
SVRINL
MNC007-071-260200-   

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
805 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING...                              

AT 802 PM CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS       
INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA.  
NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTHHOME MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.                   

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

GLIME


What 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, Aug 25, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-252330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
 540 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL NORTH
   DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 525 PM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHWEST TRAILL COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NEAR THE CITY
OF HATTON OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HATTON AROUND 520 PM.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED
RAPIDLY OVER EXTREME WESTERN POLK COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CROOKSTON OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER CENTRAL MARSHALL
COUNTY OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR THE TOWN OF BRITTON. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE
INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA OVER SOUTHERN
RICHLAND COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF LIDGERWOOD BY 630 PM.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERERD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
OVER A 60 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN IN NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD
STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
630 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 630 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE HIGH LANDING MINNESOTA AREA BY
730 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF
BRECKENRIDGE MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE
IN THE FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA AREA BY 730 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM
COULD ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.
OTHER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONDINUED OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
NECESSARY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN
Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
650 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

TIME          EVENT
520 PM CDT    TRAILL COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED
              MARBLE AND GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT
              HATTON NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST TRAILL COUNTY.
602 PM CDT    HANKINSON NORTH DAKOTA...RICHLAND COUNTY REPORTED PEA
              TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
638 PM CDT    CITY OF RED LAKE FALLS MINNESOTA POLICE...RED LAKE COUNTY
              IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL AND VERY
              HEAVY RAIN.
ANDERSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:42 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER OTTER TAIL COUNTY OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 730 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE
BATTLE LAKE AND OTTER TAIL MINNESOTA AREAS BY 830 PM CDT. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE LOWER RED LAKE IN
BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER
RED LAKE AREAS BY 830 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE
SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED OVER OKLEE MINNESOTA IN RED LAKE COUNTY.
OTHER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40
MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO CSEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN
                                                                        ]
Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990

TIME          EVENT
705 PM CDT    MINNESOTA STATE RADIO REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL
              HAIL COVERING THE GROUNGD IN OKLEE MINNESOTA...RED LAKE
              COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINESOTA.
ANDERSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena67 min
Aug 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Koochiching60 min
Aug 25, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin44 min
Aug 26, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker59 min
Aug 26, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.