Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1993, 2:02 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1993, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1993, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beltrami County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 10:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993
TIME EVENT
855 PM VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT LAKOTA ND
REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
920 PM HEAVY RAINS AND STONG WINDS BUT NO HAIL 4 WEST OF HOOPLE
ND REPORTED BY STATE RADIO.
935 PM MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS 3 NW LAWTON ND REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
938 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY OBSERVER 3 SW HANNAFORD ND
944 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORNADO WEST OF HANNAFORD ND MOVING
TO THE WEST NORTHWEST.
946 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 WEST NIAGARA ND RELAYED BY GRAND FORKS EOC.
957 PM DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTS HEAVY RAINS...PEA TO MARBLE
SIZED HAIL AT FORDVILLE ND
958 PM HAM RADIO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AT DAZEY ND
10 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO 10 - 20 WEST
OF GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE ND
1012 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO 5 SW HANNAFORD ND
1017 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY AIR FORCE PERSONNEL 5 NORTH
NORTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE
1025 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 2 WEST EMARDO
NORTH DAKOTA.
1026 PM HEAVY RAINS AND ESTIMATED 50 MPH WINDS WITH TREES DOWN
IN ELLENDALE REPORTED BY STATE RADIO
1029 PM HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT URBANA ND
1028 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AND A FUNNEL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
4 WEST NORTHWOOD ND.
NORDLANDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 11:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1130 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993
TIME EVENT
1035 PM 60 MPH WIND REPORTED IN THE FULLERTON AND ELLENDALE AREAS
OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA (DICKEY COUNTY) RELAYED BY STATE
RADIO.
1047 PM FUNNEL CLOUDY REPORTED AT NIAGARA NORTH DAKOTA (GRAND FORKS
COUNTY) RELAYED BY GRAND FORKS EOC.
1100 PM WEATHER OBSERVER AT MONTPELIER ND (STUTSMAN COUNTY) REPORTED
1.03 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35 MINUTES...NO WIND OR HAIL.
1106 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT VALLEY CITY ND (BARNES
COUNTY).
1108 PM WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF 3 MILES
WEST OF NORTHWOOD ND (GRAND FORKS COUNTY).
.
1107 PM OBSERVER AT LITCHVILLE ND (BARNES COUNTY) REPORTED VERY
RAIN WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...NO WIND.
SPIESLocal storm report, Jun 22, 11:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1130 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993
TIME EVENT
1035 PM 60 MPH WIND REPORTED IN THE FULLERTON AND ELLENDALE AREAS
OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA (DICKEY COUNTY) RELAYED BY STATE
RADIO.
1047 PM FUNNEL CLOUDY REPORTED AT NIAGARA NORTH DAKOTA (GRAND FORKS
COUNTY) RELAYED BY GRAND FORKS EOC.
1100 PM WEATHER OBSERVER AT MONTPELIER ND (STUTSMAN COUNTY) REPORTED
1.03 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35 MINUTES...NO WIND OR HAIL.
1106 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT VALLEY CITY ND (BARNES
COUNTY).
1108 PM WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF 3 MILES
WEST OF NORTHWOOD ND (GRAND FORKS COUNTY).
.
1107 PM OBSERVER AT LITCHVILLE ND (BARNES COUNTY) REPORTED VERY
RAIN WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...NO WIND.
SPIESSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1135 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1135 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEARING THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA BY 1230 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA AND ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA. ^ PERSONS IN AN NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND NEAR ANY OF THESE STRONG AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ANDERSEN
Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:20 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Dickey | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 61 min |
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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.