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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 22, 1993Dickey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1993, 10:40 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 1993, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Dickey County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 230340 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC021-230445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      DICKEY

AT 1037 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WESTERN DICKEY
COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE CITY
OF ELLENDALE.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 1035 PM CDT...60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN THE ELLENDALE AND
FULLERTON AREAS OF DICKEY COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
IF YOU SPOT A FUNNEL OR A TORNADO YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS.

SPIES

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, Jun 22, 6:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
630 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 630 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN NORMAN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...30
MILES NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA IN TWO TO THREE HOURS.

PERSON NEAR ANY OF THESE 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

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 730 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...40
MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA IN TWO TO THREE HOURS.

PERSON NEAR ANY OF THESE 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

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 830 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER NORTH OF CAVALIER NORTH DAKOTA SOUTHWEST THROUGH
THE DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA AREA ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MOBRIDGE SOUTH
DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS NEAR DEVILS LAKE AND NEAR MEDINA
NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30
MILES AN HOUR WITH THE AREA MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.

PERSONS NEAR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIODNS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:45 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...

AT 930 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS 80 MILES
WIDE EXTENDED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER NEAR PEMBINA NORTH
DAKOTA SOUTHWEST NEAR THE JAMESTOWN AREA SOUTH ON INTO CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA WEST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE JUST NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA AND 25 MILES EAST OF
DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.
^
ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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 22, 10:33 PM CDT, 7 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 FUNNEpL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
             4 WEST NORTHWOOD ND.
NORDLAND

Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:35 PM CDT, 5 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.
NORDLAND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Griggs	57 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.