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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 22, 1992Richland County, North Dakota; Traverse County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 9:10 PM CDTTornado F0Richland, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

EWENS

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

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.
EWENS
Local 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.
EWENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass30 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass46 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland61 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.