Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 22, 1992Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1992, 5:20 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 22, 1992, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Pembina, ND
Jun 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Walsh, 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, 10.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 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 222236 COR
SVRFAR
NDC000-067-099-222315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
520 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

   ...COUNTY OF GRAND FORKS...PEMBINA COUNTY...WALSH COUNTY

RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS
BETWEEN DRAYTON AND GRAFTON MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CAVALIER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRAFTON...CAVALIER...MANVEL.

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 CHANGINnG WEATHER CONDITIONS.
EWENS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina, Walsh	61 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Pembina	32 min
Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.