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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 1992Steele County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 8:59 PM CDT for Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Steele County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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

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The text

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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, 4 hours 6 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, 3 hours 12 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, 1 hour 34 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
Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
820 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992

TIME      EVENT
740 PM    IN COOPERSTOWN ND...GRIGGS COUNTY...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
          PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SKYWARN HAM RADIO SPOTTER.

745 PM    IN SHARON ND...STEELE COUNTY...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE
          HAIL WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH...REPORTED BY NWS CO-OP OBSERVER

806 PM    IN SHARON ND...1.8 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME...NO HAIL...
          REPORTED BY NWS CO-OP OBSERVER.

806 PM    3 MILES SOUTH OF FINLEY ND...STEELE COUNTY...VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH
          PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH...REPORTED BY NWS
          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

WELVAERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSteele66 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTraill30 min
Jul 14, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs58 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.