Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 7, 1990Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 1:14 AM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 7, 1990, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1990, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass 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
Sep 7, 1:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Barnes, ND
Sep 7, 2:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Barnes, 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 070614
SVRFAR
NDC003-017-045-070715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
114 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      BARNES...WESTERN CASS...THE CITY OF VALLEY CITY...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      LA MOURE...

AT 108 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY...50 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA...NEAR THE TOWNS OF HOPE AND PILLSBURY TO
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES AN
HOUR AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT JAMESTOWN.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MORIN

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, Sep 7, 12:44 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-070630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1235 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1227 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED
FROM SOUTHERN GRIGGS COUNTY NEAR COOPERSTOWN...SOUTHWEST INTO STUTSMAN
COUNTY...JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN IN EAST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH STUSTMAN AND GRIGGS COUNTIES
INTO LA MOURE AND BARNES COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA BY 130 AM.
THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERSONS OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN WAS OVER A PORTION OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THIS AREA WAS 100 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES WEST OF
JAMESTOWN IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEASTWARD TO AROUND THIEF
RIVER FALLS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO
45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 130 AM.
SPIES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLaMoure61 min
Sep 7, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom, Richland62 min
Sep 7, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland, Sargent42 min
Sep 7, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass42 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.