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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 1992Steele County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:54 PM CDT for Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Steele County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Steele, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 150055
SVRFAR
NDC091-150200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
754 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...STEELE COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GRAND FORKS NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF SHARON AND FINLEY. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO BE
RECIEVED WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND EVERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 7 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
REMAIN 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

Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:25 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
725 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992

TIME      EVENT
530 PM    GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN HAM RADIO
          OPERATOR AT ST. MICHAEL ND...10 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...IN
          RAMSEY COUNTY.

634 PM    PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN TOLNA ND...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
          DEVILS LAKE...IN NELSON COUNTY.

640 PM    IN HAMER...WEST OF TOLNA...NELSON COUNTY...A 14 FT BY 10 FT GrRAIN
          BIN DESTROYED BY STRONG WINDS.

709 PM    MARBLE SIZED...HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED IN BINFORD ND...15 MILES
          NORTHWEST OF COOPERSTOWN IN GRIGGS COUNTY.

WELVAERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Steele	61 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Traill	30 min
Jul 14, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1992 Every 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.