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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 2:22 PM CDT for Becker County, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Becker County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 091922
SVRFAR
MNC005-087-092030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
222 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
BECKER...MAHNOMEN...THE CITY OF DETROIT LAKES
AT 220 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
MAHNOMEN COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS THUUNDER-
STORM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL AND LARGER HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY jRAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
ANDERSENWhat 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, Jul 9, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NDZ012-013-015-016-017-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 113 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 105 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WELVAERT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:47 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
NDZ012-013-015-016-017-MNZ001-006-007-010-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 145 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME SMALL HAIL...OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS AREA WAS 120 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE...EASTWARD TO NEAR BEMIDJI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...ONE WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE NEAR EDMORE...AND ANOTHER WAS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE NEAR WARWICK. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPAREDA TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. WELVAERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.