Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 6:58 PM CDT for Griggs County, Nelson 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
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Griggs, 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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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 150000 SVRFAR NDC039-063-150100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 658 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ...NORTHERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY AT 655 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF MCVILLE AND ANETA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECIEVED WITH THIS STORM IN ADDITION TO VERY STRONG WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WELVAERT
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, Jul 14, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013- 142240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 437 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FIREUP OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 430 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF DEVEILS LAKE BY 500 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013- 142340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 537 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN ONE-THIRD NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 534 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE OVER THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS 60 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK JUST WEST OF JAMESTOWN AND THROUGH THE DEVILS LAKE AREA TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE VERY CLOSE TO LAKOTA BY 610PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD R EMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS COMES YOUR WAY. BENNETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.