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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 12, 1991Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1991, 8:25 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1991, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1991, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 1991-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -112 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, May 12, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-122345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 1991

AT 535 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA FROM NEAR DEVILS LAKE TO THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE
SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE DEVILS
LAKE AREA AND IN THE VALLEY CITY AND LAMOURE AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THROUGH 700 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.  SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE
SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH RAPID CHANGES IN LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A
GOOD POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING.  IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE TORNADO
WATCH AREA STAY TUNED TO RADIO...T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEAHTHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
EWENS
Special weather statement, May 12, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-010-130045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 625 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...CONTINUED OVER
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM NEAR DEVILS LAKE TO THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE LINE SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES
SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY APPROACHING LITCHVILLE NORTH DAKOTA.  OTHER
STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN THE ENDERLIN AND GWINNER AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THROUGH 800 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA FROM THE DEVILS LAKE AREA...THROUGH THE VALLEY CITY AREA
TO NEAR LIDGERWOOD.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS WELL AS THE THREAT
OF TORNADOES.   ALSO CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA OF STORMS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO RADIO...T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
EWENS
Special weather statement, May 12, 7:34 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-010-130135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
733 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 730 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...CONTINUED OVER
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH TO
THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD STARTED TO DEVELOP 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF
FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THROUGH 830 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA FROM THE DEVILS LAKE AREA...THROUGH THE VALLEY CITY AREA
ON INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AT
30 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS.
 ALSO CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA OF STORMS. TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO RADIO...T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO4 FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
ANDERSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman44 min
May 12, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass, Richland55 min
May 12, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass, Steele, Traill65 min

Nearby

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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.