Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 14, 1991Traill County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1991, 11:43 PM CDT for Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 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
May 14, 1991, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1991, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Traill County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 11:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Traill, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 1991-05-15Temperature 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 1991-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFDickey, Sargent68 min
May 14, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLaMoure, Ransom61 min
May 15, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.