Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 22, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Traverse County, MN, Richland County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Richland, 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
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 230147
SVRFAR
NDC077-MNC155-230245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
847 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
RICHLAND...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
TRAVERSE...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE MANTANDOR...HANKINSON...WHITE ROCK DAM
AND WHEATON AREAS.
AT 840 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST
OF WAHPETON NORTH DAKOTA MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RE DEVELOPING
25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY TO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU SPOT A FUNNEL OR A
TORNADO YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
EWENSWhat 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
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
625 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1992
TIME(CDT) EVENT
435 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF CAVILIER NORTH DAKOTA...
PEMBINA COUNTY.
535 PM TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC AND PEMBINA COUNTY SHERIFF JUST
EAST OF WALHALLA NORTH DAKOTA.
500 PM LATE REPORT OF 2 INCH HAIL 5 WEST OF SAINT THOMAS NORTH DAKOTA
PEMBINA COUNTY.
430 PM LATE REPORT OF EGG SIZE HAIL PRODUCING HOUSE DAMAGE BETWEEN
WALHALLA AND CAVALIER NORTH DAKOTA...PEMBINA COUNTY.
610 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY WALSH COUNTY SHERIFF NEAR MINTO
NORTH DAKOTA.
EWENSLocal storm report, Jun 22, 8:19 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
815 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1992
TIME(CDT) EVENT
632 PM GRAFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL...HEAVY
RAINS...IN THE CITY OF GRAFTON.
632 PM GRAND FORKS E.O.C. REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES NORTH OF
GRAND FORKS.
635 PM BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANVEL NORTH
DAKOTA.
710 PM PAGE NORTH DAKOTA CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED FEW TREE
BRANCHES AND PEA SIZED HAIL.
712 PM 2 MILES SOUTH OF PAGE NORTH DAKOTA CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER
REPORTS PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
.
717 PM STATE RADIO REPORTED A TORNADO AT PAGE NORTH DAKOTA.
ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TANK BLOWN OVER AND DAMAGED.
732 PM OFF DUTY N.W.S. MET TECH REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 6 TO 8 MILES NORTH OF AYR NORTH
DAKOTA.
730 PM WALNUT SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 NORTHEAST OF CHAFFEE NORTH
DAKOTA...HAM RADIO OBSERVER.
800 PM 1 1/2 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY OF CHAFFEE...REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
FOLLOW-UP REPORTS
2 1/2 BLOCK WIDE AND 3 BLOCK LONG DAMAGE PATH FROM BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN IN AYR NORTH DAKOTA. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 18 TO 24 INCH
DIAMETER...SOME PULLED OUT OF GROUND. TOPS SHEARED OFF OF SOME
TREES.
EWENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1992Severe 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.